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PROVIDENCE, A HEALTH SYSTEM WITH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ACROSS THE WEST, INCLUDING PROVIDENCE ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, REPORTED A NET OPERATING LOSS OF $510 MILLION FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2022./KATHERYN HOUGHTON/KHN
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RURAL BAKER COUNTY./THE OREGONIAN/OREGONLIVE
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SHUTTERSTOCK
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Nurses at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.
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LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT
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Sterling Hanakahi, 73, and Anita Hanakahi, 70, of Tillamook say they were blindsided when Texas-based U.S. Renal Care executives announced they would close their kidney dialysis center in the coastal community Feb. 23. Anita has relied on the center for the past nine years. For her and 10 other local patients, she said, local dialysis treatment is a matter of life and death.
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COURTESY OF ANITA HANAKAHI
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION