Exactly. Does anyone actually believe Washington will fund health care co-ops and then walk away with no strings?
We are not on a ship - we are on a life raft and we have to find and choose a ship to board, with some help from the federal government.
This is the least likely to be overpowered by the feds ship and we need to consider it, get involved, and make it the way we want it to be.
But your point is a good one, and that is exactly what we need to demand, that they fund them at the state level and then walk away.
A co-op by nature is self-governed.