Capitol Hill Briefing 

# Understanding Health Care Co-ops 

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Date and Time 

September 9, 2009 12 - 1 PM EDT 

Location 

B-339 Rayburn House Office Building 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Michael D. Tanner**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, and author, *Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It*. 

With the “public option” for health care reform faltering, “co-ops” are increasingly being discussed as an alternative. But what are health insurance co-operatives? How do they work? Are they a viable alternative or just the public option by a different name? Cato senior fellow Michael Tanner will discuss the history, successes, and failures of health insurance co-ops, and how they may or may not fit into health care reform.

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