1 A healthy state.

• Position: Stateline - Brief article

The country's first government-subsidized health clinic for state employees opened in August in Montana. According to Governor Brian Schweitzer (D), the primary care clinic in Helena is designed to keep the capital's state workers and their dependents--about 11,000 people--healthier while saving the state money. The contractor operating the clinic estimates it could save $100 million over five years by reducing duplicate tests on patients, paying doctors by the hour rather than by the service, better managing chronic diseases and...