Reply #416: Kaiser Permanente

[Xithras]

Others are linking to small coops, but with what's being discussed here, we need to look to a big one. Kaiser is one of the biggest nonprofit coops in the nation, and they beautifully demonstrate how things can go WRONG. 8+ million members, full nonprofit status...and more than a billion in "income" last year after all the bills were paid.

Kaiser is actually very good at preventative care and that sort of thing, but they're notorious for taking a "delay till death" approach for more expensive or experimental procedures.