The National Cooperative Business Association confirmed that it has been contacted by members of Congress seeking answers to questions about health care cooperatives as the nation struggles to reform its health care insurance system.
Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) have both contacted the NCBA with questions about health care cooperatives, how they work, how they're structured and the pros and cons. Senator Conrad has suggested using cooperative structures to help bring down the cost of health care and health care insurance.
"Whether or not the final product contains health care cooperatives or not," said NCBA CEO Paul Hazen, "It's never bad to have cooperatives leading stories on the front pages of The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal."
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