Jared Rhoads of the Lucidicus Project notes, "Government-backed CO-OPs stunt innovation".
(As he noted on Twitter, "If HHS sets the rules, then shouldn't these be called 'HHS-Controlled Health Plans?'")
Dr. Stewart Segal describes how ACO rules will encourage providers to dump expensive patients at "ACOs and the modern day leper".
In the 7/17/2011 Washington Examiner, Sally Pipes observes "It's déja vu all over again in Vermont".