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A New Approach To Curbing Unwanted Pregnancies

The ongoing efforts to overhaul health care in America include some decidedly new wrinkles. 

The Oregon Health Authority plans a new strategy to reduce unwanted pregnancies through the CCOs, coordinated care organizations like Umpqua Health Alliance.

Women on the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) will be asked if they plan to become pregnant in the next year.

We hear how just raising the issue could change the outcomes.

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.