Although change was necessary, it still took three years
Paul Turner, president of MD
Health Group (MDHG a non-profit group health insurance
private purchasing cooperative) was asked to give expert testimony to the Texas Legislature, regarding pending changes, to make non-profit health insurance cooperatives a viable alternative for employers. The pending legislative changes will help cooperatives to become more attractive to not only Texas based employers but to the insurance carriers, which have historically rejected group pooling arrangements.
Turner is one of the very few people in Texas (or the U.S. for that matter), which has had success in establishing
multiple purchasing cooperatives for several
unique affinity groups. According to Turner, "what is really important is the ability to offer a quality product at an affordable cost, to businesses with two or more members".
MD Health Group primarily works with “sponsoring” organizations such as
Bexar County Medical Society, and a variety of
other associations and other affinity group sponsors.
