[Mb-civic] Maverick Health Plan Ups Quality to Cut Cost

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Maverick Health Plan Ups Quality to Cut Cost 
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Wyoming mining firms save by getting workers top care from the start, rewarding providers.

By Vicki Kemper
Times Staff Writer

August 23 2004

GILLETTE, Wyo. — In the open-pit mines of the Powder River Basin, trucks and shovels the size of buildings work around the clock in a computer-choreographed ballet to move the coal that generates one-third of America's electricity. It's a grueling, hard-nosed business, with little room for dreamers. 

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