Summary: Not long ago, schoolteachers in Grand Junction, Colo., had a health care plan that cost each family $8,000 a year for a policy with a $12,000 deductible. That’s when the district started looking for a better way. Chris Thomas, CEO at Community Junction Hospital in Grand Junction, tells us about the innovative partnership the hospital implemented with the school district, and later county government, that not only provided better health care but also significantly reduced costs.
