# Republicans Who Support Co-Ops

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-support-co-ops/510123>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-support-co-ops/510123 "2009-09-15T01:40:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-support-co-ops/510123/1 "2009-09-15T01:40:12Z")

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Are there any Republicans who support Co-Ops for health care?

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-support-co-ops/510123/2 "2009-09-18T23:52:42Z")

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Ahem no interest? ☹

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-support-co-ops/510123/3 "2009-09-19T18:13:39Z")

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I might if I knew what exactly that would mean. I mean, how would it be implemented?

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-support-co-ops/510123/4 "2009-09-19T18:30:40Z")

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One news article that might be a start:

> **[Now in mix, insurance co-op option questioned](https://www.denverpost.com/2009/09/16/now-in-mix-insurance-co-op-option-questioned/)**
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> Now in mix, insurance co-op option questioned

Currently, the most well known coop is “Group Health” out of Seattle, which is being touted by some as an example.

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> The government encouraged health co-ops in the 1930s and '40s, before the nation’s largest corporations had fully established the concept of employer-provided insurance. Group Health survives, along with HealthPartners in Minneapolis.
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> Those co-ops now, though, most closely resemble the nonprofit Kaiser Permanente plans around the nation.

Mention of Kaiser is probably NOT the way to sell such a plan in CA.