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A report documenting the history of Medicare Part D was released this year by health-policy experts at Georgetown University. It highlighted several areas where Medicare Part D struggled in its...
DATE: Nov. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
’Tis the season. Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and then the shopping mania will begin. Sometimes I think that we have forgotten what Christmas is all about. In this great country, we talk...
DATE: Nov. 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
Conservative groups are highlighting the case of Michael Cerpok, who has leukemia, whose insurance plan was canceled because it didn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act. A news report quoted him...
DATE: Nov. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
Some health care done in a hospital or doctor’s office can now be done at home. It’s effective, convenient and usually less costly. Medicare might pay for health care you receive in your home. To...
DATE: Nov. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
It was the first Sunday of the month. I was preparing for worship at about six in the morning. I come to church early to be alone with the Lord – to quiet myself and get focused. Sometimes I...
DATE: Nov. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
A school garden is born! With only a few weeks left until students once again fill the halls of the Cortez Middle School, assembly of the new school garden is underway. On Tuesday, Aug. 6, a small...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
Over a year after the smoke was in the air from the Weber Fire, most Montezuma County residents have probably forgotten about the intense fire that burned all of Menefee Mountain east of Mancos...
DATE: Aug. 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
It is the height of summer, and I keep hearing the same refrain, “No more fires.” There is no question that this summer has been staggering in terms of the negative impacts of wildfires on people....
DATE: July 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
The following letter was sent last week to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, by a bipartisan group of...
DATE: July 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
With recent wildfires affecting thousands of fellow Colorado residents, wildfire is likely to be on many of your minds. When you look around at the critical fire weather and dry forest conditions,...
DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
It was late in the afternoon of July 7, 1893, when the eastbound train slowly went out of sight and all that remained was black smoke in the distance. As the train disappeared, a lone horseman rode...
DATE: April 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
Joe sat back in the airplane seat; he could not remember how long it had been since he could just relax. He thought back at how he had gotten to this point. Basic training at Camp Roberts, the warm...
DATE: April 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
