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Ore. Medicaid patients get air conditioning, mini fridges as climate change drives health concerns

By CBS News  
   April 29, 2024

Oregon is shipping air conditioners and air purifiers to its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly health effects of extreme heat, wildfire smoke and other climate-related disasters.

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