Co-ops are the new HMOs

Co-ops are the new HMO's. HMO's were going to save us the last time round. They were new -- nobody knew much about them -- but we were all assured they'd be cheaper and would manage health care better.

In reality they were nothing but a bogus distraction whose chief accomplishment was to run real health care reform off the rails.

Sound familiar? We've been here before.

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