New Maryland Group Looks At Forming Non-Profit Health Insurance Co-Op

A new statewide group is trying to form a new insurance co-op to provide coverage for people who will be required to have it under the new federal law, but cannot afford it.

The Maryland Nonprofit Health Insurance Co-op is working on a year-long feasibility study to see if it will be able to start its own insurance carrier for those who cannot afford even the cheapest insurance. The proposed co-op would target adults between 19 and 64 living in the state’s I-95 corridor.

By next July, “we should know if it’s a go or a no-go,” said Dr. Peter Beilenson, the Howard County health officer and chairman of the co-op’s steering group.

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