A bill to promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers, and for other purposes.
Permits the use of funds for professional staff support and the conduct of a feasibility study.
Requires the Secretary to determine a group's eligibility for a grant to establish or expand a cooperative based upon the report of the feasibility study. Requires cooperatives to: (1) be nonprofit; (2) be wholly owned and governed by its member-employees; (3) assist members in pooling their health care insurance purchasing power; and (4) provide data and activities to improve the quality of health care decision-making.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S44-45)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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