The Affordable Care Act's co-ops are struggling in the public eye while some of their national leaders grow frustrated with what they see as a lack of responsiveness from HHS and Congress to address problems facing the nonprofit marketplaces, several of which recently announced they plan to shutter. HHS officials say stakeholders need to have a long-term view of the co-ops and suggest that insurers should be the ones proposing solutions to CMS, not the other way around. Meanwhile, party...