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With Health Insurance Costs Set to Rise, Deschutes County Will Remain ‘Poverty with a View’

Health insurance is already expensive. Add it to the list of mounting expenses in one of Oregonโ€™s most unaffordable locales.

Amid a government shutdown and growing economic uncertainty, one thing is sure: Health insurance โ€” already expensive โ€” is going to get a lot more spendy in the coming year. Part of that is inflation, but another part of it has to do with the tax credits that have helped keep health insurance relatively affordable […]

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What in the World: An Oregon teen contracts bubonic plague, the U.S. is sending troops to Syria, and a look at where uninsured Americans live

An Crook County, Oregon teen contracted bubonic plague after being bit by a flea on a recent camping trip. Eight people in Oregon have been diagnosed with bubonic plague since 1995. Wild rodents and fleas carry plague. In 2012, a Prineville man contracted plague from a domestic cat. (OPB, KTVZ) The U.S. will send ground […]

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