Co-Op Option Offers Compromise In Health Debate

All Things Considered by Joanne Silberner | Jul. 1, 2009 (Special Report)

(Audio - streaming) A new health insurance idea is circulating through the Senate Finance Committee and may appear in its final plan for revamping the nation's health care system. The idea is to stimulate the creation of co-ops where people could go to buy low-cost, high-quality health insurance.

Health co-ops are not a new idea. Two large ones, Group Health in Seattle and HealthPartners in Minneapolis, are more than 50 years old. But the thought that co-ops could ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 1, 2009

Interesting radio segment about the health co-op initiative being proposed by Sen. Kent Conrad in Congress. Factual, fair and well sourced, with useful context.

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