Small Colorado Ski Towns Banded Together To Drive Down Health Costs. But Can That Model Work Statewide … Or Even Nationwide?

Residents who were sick of paying astronomical health care costs figured out a way to come together so that they had negotiating power over the health groups in their area. But will other cities in the state be able to replicate the group's success in areas where there's less fat to trim? In other news on insurers and the health industry: medical prices continue to swell; AHIP focuses on social determinants; the importance of dental care gets lost in cost debate; and more.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2Ks6tDz