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New Toolkit: Health Insurance Cooperatives

Health insurance cooperatives, or co-ops, have drawn attention as an alternative way for Americans to buy health insurance. Owned by their members, co-ops are seen by some as more palatable than a government-run public plan.

What exactly are health insurance co-ops? What's been their track record? Why do they succeed, or fail? Why do proponents like them, and what objections do opponents have?

This new toolkit from the Alliance for Health Reform addresses these questions and others. The toolkit was compiled and written by Alliance interns Atul Nakhasi and Allison Thigpen, and is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

To download this 20-page PDF, click here or go to www.allhealth.org/publications/Private_health_insurance/Co-Op_Toolkit_Master_--_91.pdf

Features:

- Fast facts

- Background

- Links to 31 resources, including case studies and commentary from across the political spectrum

- Story ideas for reporters

- 34 selected experts with contact information

- Links to 17 selected websites

 

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