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THE DECLINE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE
Just what the doctor ordered: a salaried position
As its new data center goes up in Prineville, Facebook is bringing more income to some in Crook County, but others – especially contractors – say they’re being overlooked
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Senators regroup in wake of health measure Merkley’s just glad it’s over and Wyden vows more reform action as House vote ends fight
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WASHINGTON — A quiet revolution is transforming the way medical care is delivered in this country, and it has very little to do with the sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama just signed into law. Traditionally, American medicine has been largely a cottage industry. Most doctors cared for patients in small, privatelyowned clinics — sometimes in rooms “We wouldn’t adjoining their go back homes. (to private But an inpractice), now creasing share that we’ve of young physiseen the value cians, burdened of improved by medical patient care.” school debt and — Dr. Michael seeking regular Mirro, who hours, are desold his cardi- ciding against ology practice opening prito a health vate practices. system Instead, they are accepting salaries at hospitals and health systems. And a growing number of older doctors — facing rising costs and fearing they will not be able to recruit junior partners — are selling their practices and moving into salaried jobs, too. As recently as 2005, more than two-thirds of medical practices were physician-owned — a share that had been relatively constant for many years, according to the Medical Group Management Association. But within three years, that share dropped below 50 percent, and analysts say the slide in physician ownership has continued. See Doctors / A5
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Foremen Gabe Thornton, left, and Bryan Furry, both from Redmond, eat lunch with their Hooker Creek Construction coworkers on Thursday at the new Facebook facility being built in Prineville.
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Facebook plans to hire 35 full-time employees for its Prineville facility. During the build-out, about 200 workers will be on-site to complete the 147,000-square-foot building.
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FRESNO, Calif. — Federal law now allows visitors to carry guns in national parks, but you can’t just slip a loaded pistol into your backpack and take a hike. Pay attention, because this is a little complicated. You will need a concealed weapons permit to carry the loaded gun in the backpack. But you don’t need any kind of permit if you just want to stash your
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This wreckage from a WWII-era plane, found by loggers in the woods near Rockaway Beach, was identified as a U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.
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PORTLAND — Loggers working near the Oregon Coast discovered the wreckage of a World War II-era warplane in woods not far from a naval air station decommissioned in 1948, military and police officials said Thursday. Investigators said human remains may be in the aircraft.
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The origins of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, a U.S. Navy dive bomber, are a mystery. The crash site is not far from two naval air stations that were active during World War II. “There are so many different air stations they could have been flying from,” said Christian Gurling, curator at the Tillamook Air Museum. See Plane / A5
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loaded weapon in the tent. At the same time, unless you feel your life is being threatened, don’t shoot the gun at all. What’s going on? Firearms in national parks are now under both state and federal restrictions, and the result can be confusing. State law generally applies to the way guns are carried and how a concealed weapons permit is enforced. See Guns / A6
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Federal, state rules blur issue in national parks By Mark Grossi
PRINEVILLE — rom nearly 400 miles away, several million pounds of precast concrete walls will be trucked to Facebook’s data center in Prineville next month. But before the shipment can reach its destination, it will have to pass by Joe Floyd & Sons, a precast concrete manufacturer, about five miles away from the new data center. “You see the irony there, right?” said Joe Floyd, 59, who lives in Prineville. News of Facebook selecting Prineville as the site for its
data center in January was a reprieve from gloomier headlines coming out of the county battling the highest unemployment rate in Oregon. Crook County residents said Facebook has proven to be a friendly presence in the community. From the local sandwich shop to the lumber supply store, businesses have seen an increase in customers. But some local construction workers are still hoping for a chance to work on the project. “There is an overall feeling in the county that talent here was bypassed,” Floyd said. See Facebook / A6
WASHINGTON — As votes on the health care overhaul bill wound to a close Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden was touting ways to beat back the jaws of partisanship and promising to push for more health care reforms, while Sen. Jeff Merkley, said he’s glad the bill is finally done, after 15 months of HEALTH contentious CARE debate. A vote in REFORM the U.S. House late Thursday ended the legislative battle over the $940 billion health care bill. The measure, among its myriad provisions, would expand Medicaid, give subsidies for low-income families to buy insurance, aid small businesses that provide insurance, crack down on insurance companies and require nearly everyone to have health insurance. It would also cut Medicare by about $455 billion and raise taxes on people who make more than $250,000 a year. See Health care / A5
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