If anyone knows where they already exist in Texas please speak up.
I can't see that this is going to be a huge change over what we have now.
Here is what one article says about those already in existence:
Philadelphia Inquirer 8/18/09Co-ops suddenly are the talk of health care(snip)
Some experts, however, believe that the advantages of co-ops come not from their governing structure but from their ownership of medical centers. HealthPartners, for example, which has 1.25 million members, operates Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
Owning medical facilities and having doctors on staff allows health-care co-ops to dictate what gets paid for, an advantage that a co-op that simply insured its members would not have.
Sonia