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Sally Nix with her service dog, Jon Snow, at home in Statesville, North Carolina. Late last year, Nix started receiving infusions prescribed by her doctor to ease her autoimmune disease symptoms. But she had to pause the treatments when her insurer started denying payment for them.
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YaSheka Shaw (left) celebrates losing weight during a checkup with medical student Kaniya Pierre Louis (center) and physician Zita Magloire.
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Heather Herbert, a hospice nurse with PeaceHealth, speaks at a press conference in Springfield on Dec. 29. Other speakers included state Representative Paul Holvey and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle.
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A box of Narcan, an-opioid reversing drug, before it was distributed at a day shelter in Ontario, Ore. on Oct. 13, 2022.
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Pictured, a team at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford cared for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit during the pandemic.
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Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters and his wife, Teresa, at their home in Durant, Oklahoma. When Winters found out in August 2022 that he had bladder cancer, he braced for the fight of his life. But he says prior authorization created multiple obstacles that delayed care, including surgery. Winters says his cancer has advanced to stage 4.
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