Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) in every state to compete as a nonprofit-like entity against health care insurers.

FORBES: CO-OP Health Plans A Fiscal Cliff Victim

Obviously health care reform and the health care -- health care at large is such a huge entity that all of the players that I just mentioned are going to have to be involved, whether they're in Congress, whether they're in the White House, whether they represent constituencies that will be affected.

WHITEHOUSE: White House Press Briefing: March 20,2009

While GM's vitality is increasingly irrelevant when it comes to the health and size of the U.S. economy, it is sadly a very relevant entity within the friendly confines of Washington, D.

FORBES: Magazine Article

To avoid running afoul of regulations that prohibit businesses from employing physicians, some health care start-ups spend time and money crafting a solution in the form of a doctor-owned entity which serves as a billing conduit to the start-up.

FORBES: Scrap Outdated Regulations to Unleash Real Innovation In Health Care