Democratic Senator Max Baucus is proposing a compromise which would instead create non-profit health insurance co-operatives to compete with private insurers.
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Indeed, the United States has plenty of non-profit insurers Blue Cross Blue Shield, most notably and their conduct in the marketplace is far closer to that of the for-profit insurers than it is to government payors.
The Senate finance committee bill is not expected to include a "public option", but would instead set up non-profit medical co-operatives to compete with private insurers.