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People who buy health care through the federal marketplace are set to see big spikes in their premiums next year. Depending on where you live, your premiums could rise 40 percent or more. Ruby Rayner is a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press who’s been covering this story as it plays out in Tennessee. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Rayner in late October, before the government reopened.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, the cost of health insurance is going up in 2026. Millions of people are faced with sticker shock. Also, a mountain farmer kept an encrypted diary for years. It’s unclear whether he would have wanted that code to ever be cracked. And, a beloved West Virginia hot dog restaurant closed in 2018. An annual tribute sale gives people a chance to relive its glory days.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMore money from the state of West Virginia is on its way to both of West Virginia’s food banks.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFriday afternoon Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced an additional $2.5 million for the state’s food banks and pantries, bringing the state’s emergency funding for nutritional support to over $8 million.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFederal employees are not receiving their paychecks, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) will be at least delayed for approximately 300,000 West Virginians in November.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAn influx of cash will provide more than 500 residents at or close to the poverty line in Mercer County $1,500 each month for 16 months. The key here is it’s no strings attached. Also, with delays to federal nutritional benefits expected, the state government is trying to step up to meet the need.
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