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It feels natural to protect your pet’s health with insurance in the same way you protect your loved ones with health insurance. After all, fur babies are part of the family.But if you’ve shopped for pet insurance recently, you might have cringed at the cost. Should you really pay hundreds of dollars every year for...

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Why do people leave their Medicare plans? Surveys from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offer nearly 30 different reasons from five major categories. I pulled together five years of survey data to analyze trends across nearly 100 companies offering Medicare Advantage and/or Part D prescription drug plans.Here’s what I learned about the...

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I’ve received my Medicare and You 2027 Official Medicare Handbook and that means one thing. It’s fall! Well, that’s true, but more importantly, it’s Medicare Open Enrollment which runs from Oct. 15 until Dec. 7.

WHITE SALMON — City council approved a second 2026 budget amendment during its regular meeting last Wednesday, Sept. 16.