A new option (actually 50 of them)

Do you ever wish you could be a fly on the wall when the “other side” is meeting to talk about health reform? Wouldn’t it be interesting to hear what they have to say?

I had that opportunity not too long ago when I attended the first-ever NASHCO Conference in Washington, D.C. NASHCO stands for the National Association of State Health Cooperatives, and they got together to share ideas about the application process for the new nonprofit CO-OPs that might soon be competing with private insurance companies. The conference was very well organized and extremely enlightening – the speakers included current and former insurance commissioners, retired insurance company executives, a number of different consultants and HHS reps.