In NE and IA, "one of the first nonprofit co-ops to be approved" by Medicare is gearing up for what they predict will be a cooperative future of healthcare.

"The government's experiment with health care insurance continues, and a novel kind of competitor is pitching in. CoOportunity Health, a new nonprofit 'Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan' for Nebraska and Iowa, has won authority to provide health insurance in Iowa and is expecting to gain authority in Nebraska this week." -- Richard Piersol, the Lincoln Journal Star