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An end-of-life program helped an Oregon woman find some comfort when her mother died of COVID-19 in California.

In spite of a 1 percent decrease in enrollment from the previous year, Group Health Cooperative served as a beacon, outshining the other top Washington-based health insurers in 2015. Group Health ended 2015 with a 5 percent increase in 2015 – to $118 million – and an offer for acquisition by Kaiser Permanente (approved by its membership in early March, 2016).

At the same time, healthcare costs in Salem are among the highest in state capitals across the country, according to an independent analysis