• Upcoming changes in healthcare: Major health policy shifts are on the horizon. With debates over healthcare reform and insurance regulation gaining momentum, now is the perfect time to discuss alternative models like cooperatives.

• Ongoing challenges: Our healthcare system continues to face rising costs, coverage gaps, and public frustration. These challenges are prompting interest in new solutions – such as cooperative insurance models – to ensure broader access and fairness.

• Recent events highlight the stakes: The shocking assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last year underscored how high-stakes and charged the conversation around health insurance has become. This extreme event has brought even more attention to the need for change in how we think about insurance.