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<p>We continue our 5-part series on the high cost of health care in America.</p>
<p>with photos by <a href="http://www.jmkoch.com/home.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.jmkoch.com');">Jacqueline Koch</a></p>
<p>We continue our 5-part series on the high cost of health care in America.</p>
<p>We continue our 5-part series on the high cost of health care in America.</p>
<p>As Congress goes into recession, the debate over healthcare hits home. But what's really happening on the reform front? Will it meet the needs of the American public? In a 5-hour special series over five days, we'll hear from doctors, hospital administrators, insurance companies, economists and average people about what's driving up healthcare costs, what it will take to make real changes, and what trade-offs people are willing to make to see meaningful reform through.</p>
<p>We have created a Google Map with race, ratings, staffing, violations, lawsuits and elected official information for 92 nursing homes in the city. We just launched the map on Friday and are hoping that it will be useful to community residents, advocates and politicians. We welcome feedback on how we might improve our next map.</p>
Thousands of rural, mostly poor, Lower Yakima Valley residents in Washington state rely on small private wells that aren't routinely tested or inspected, posing serious health risks.
