ObamaCare Cash Awarded to Administration’s Political Allies

ObamaCare Cash Awarded to Administration’s Political Allies: Last week, I discussed how taxpayer funds are being granted, through ObamaCare, to construct “School-Based Health Centers.” Now, let’s take a look at ObamaCare’s “CO-OP’s.”

CO-OP’s, or Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, are the new, non-profit face of ObamaCare in the states’ “exchanges.” If ObamaCare is allowed to stand, CO-OP’s will be a step toward the “public option,” on a state level. Healthcare.gov provides a “feel-good” definition of CO-OP’s as “a new type of non-profit health insurer” that is “directed by their customers and designed to offer individuals and small businesses more affordable, consumer-friendly and high quality health insurance options.” In addition, there is considerable boasting on the part of HHS that CO-OP’s are special in that they can be mandated by the government to control waste, fraud, and abuse. Now there’s a good promo: buy your health insurance from a CO-OP, because the federal government will make sure there is no waste, fraud, and abuse.


See original work for more on this and other stories.