Health / Health Insurance / Health Cooperatives: Health Cooperatives have been proposed in the Senate as an alternative to a proposed government plan or public option. The cooperatives, which would be structured as non-profits and owned by their members, could offer a network of health care providers or contract out for medical services. The concept championed by some Democrats would provide 'seed money' for the cooperatives, which would then be sustained by customer premiums. Read news coverage about insurance cooperatives. Read this Commonwealth Fund history of health cooperatives.
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Business / Agriculture / National Bank For Cooperatives (Cobank): An institution of the Farm Credit System that provides financial services to approximately 2,000 agricultural cooperatives, rural utility systems, Farm Credit System associations and other businesses MORE
Business / Human Resources (HR) / Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) Of 1996: Prohibits group health plans and insurance companies that offer mental health benefits from setting annual or lifetime limits on mental health benefits that are lower than those limits set for any oth MORE
Health / Health Insurance / Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA): A federal act which prohibits group health plans that offer mental health benefits from applying more restrictive limits on coverage for mental illness than for physical illness. MORE