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HBO’s Best Of The INW — 3/18/09

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Sara Cahoon reads a book while using a nebulizer Friday morning at her Meridian home. Cahoo, 28, has had cystic fibrosis and uses the treatment up to three times a day. Lawmakers are deciding whether to keep a very small program that pays medical bills for patients with cystic fibrosis. Many patients use the program to pay for multiple prescriptions that each cost around $1,400 monthly. The medicines have been key in turning the lung disease from a childhood death sentence to a chronic condition in which patients live well into their 30s, with life expectancies rising all the time. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman,Chris Butler)



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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