Wednesday, October, 19, 2011, 11:00am Central (9:00am PT, 10:00am MT, 12:00pm ET)
Consumer-Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) programs are intended to create nonprofit health insurance issuers that would offer health plans to individual and small group markets. Part of the Affordable Care Act, CO-OPs could have a substantial effect on rural healthcare delivery systems.
In this webinar, Andrew Coburn, research professor at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service, will discuss CO-OP program legislation and identify challenges to obtaining private health insurance in rural areas. He will also touch on opportunities and challenges of the CO-OP program in addressing limitations of the rural private health insurance market.
Joining Dr. Coburn will be Bill Oemichen, president and CEO of the Cooperative Network, serving cooperatives in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Oemichen served on the committee that wrote recommendations to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding CO-OP development.
Registration: To register visit the ReadyTalk website.
