States Watching Iowa's Co-Op Lawsuit As Liquidation Battles Continue

Updated Story A lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court in Iowa alleges that HHS is violating state law and the terms of loan and liquidation agreements by using money owed to the now-defunct nonprofit health plan CoOportunity to pay off the company's debt to the government rather than policy-level claims. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart and Dan Watkins, the court-appointed special deputy liquidator for CoOportunity, also say the federal government is withholding $16.4 million...