http://purplepeoplevote.com/2009/09/07/are-health-co-ops-coming-and-what-will-they-mean/ Topical Independent Blogging Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:34:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://purplepeoplevote.com/2009/09/07/are-health-co-ops-coming-and-what-will-they-mean/#comment-2515 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:13:09 +0000 http://purplepeoplevote.com/?p=1874#comment-2515 [...] care reform than the House. There is no government run health insurance or public plan. Likely the co-ops will be what receives the most scrutiny. It would have been nice to see tort reform included, and [...]

]]> http://purplepeoplevote.com/2009/09/07/are-health-co-ops-coming-and-what-will-they-mean/#comment-2513 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:39:55 +0000 http://purplepeoplevote.com/?p=1874#comment-2513 [...] Certainly don’t begrudge anyone their distrust in the government, it is a healthy logical American tradition.  Yet hopefully people won’t put the cart before the horse when it comes to forming an opinion on insurance co-ops.  If they are the next phase of the health care debate, it makes sense to take a careful look at how they will be structured.  Hopefully they won’t automatically be opposed based on unwise political statements.  If well-formed and well-implemented co-ops could be a rather unobtrusive low-cost solution to insuring more Americans.  That leaves a significant ‘if’ out there as good concepts don’t always lead to solid legislation, but giving co-ops a chance makes sense. Are Health Co-ops Coming and What Will They Mean? [...]

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