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		<title>PERA mistake cost trooper widow tens of thousands of dollars</title>
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The widow of a slain Colorado State Patrol trooper was shorted tens of thousands of dollars in benefits for 22 years because PERA improperly deducted federal income taxes from her survivor benefits.
Tax law exempts pension benefits for survivors of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty. Other widows are also affected, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cpt12.org/news/index.php/2010/04/08/pera-mistake-cost-trooper-widow-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars/</link>
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		<title>Part 5: Replicating the healthcare model of Grand Junction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the ongoing healthcare debate continuing in Congress, the question of the day is this: Can other communities replicate the Grand Junction model of low-cost, high-quality, near-universal healthcare? With an emphasis on primary care and prevention, providers in this western Colorado city and surrounding area emphasize that certain elements of its successful system can certainly be replicated. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cpt12.org/news/index.php/2010/02/25/part-5-can-other-communities-replicate-the-grand-junction-model/</link>
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		<title>Just how much less expensive?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grand Junction&#8217;s heavily non-profit system of health care:

-Saved Colorado $2 million a year in Medicaid reimbursements between 2003 and 2005
-Saved the federal government $13.2 million on Medicare from 2000 to 2002
-Is the most cost-effective deliverer of services for chronic diseases in the nation
-Hospitalized patients one-third as many days as the national average
-Saved $5,150 per person [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cpt12.org/news/index.php/2010/02/25/just-how-much-less-expensive/</link>
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		<title>Part 4: Opting for exercise over surgery in Grand Junction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phil Smith was told by physicians outside Colorado that he would likely have to endure painful and expensive surgery to ease his back pain. He returned home to Grand Junction, where doctors suggested he could try another cure: a simple 30-second exercise. It worked. Smith's story exemplifies how Grand Junction is providing high quality healthcare at low costs. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cpt12.org/news/index.php/2010/02/24/part-4-opting-for-exercise-over-surgery-in-grand-junction/</link>
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		<title>Grand Junction, McAllen contrasted: Better health brings lower costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A comparison of diseases -- ranging from diabetes to heart disease and arthritis -- between residents of Grand Junction and McAllen, Tex., which has among the highest rates in the country.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cpt12.org/news/index.php/2010/02/24/grand-junction-or-mcallen-who-is-healthier/</link>
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