What changes will consumers, insurers and politicians see in American health care policy this year?

Most U.S. citizens will be required to hold health coverage starting on March 31, but some may be eligible to buy a policy later in the year or avoid that mandate altogether.

In their first days of operation, U.S. health insurance exchanges see satisfied customers, technical glitches, and a government shutdown.

With Obamacare state exchanges opening in less than a week, the law’s benefits and flaws are coming under a huge amount of media scrutiny.

A food co-op is a place you go to buy organic groceries in a non-corporate, community-run environment. A housing co-op is a place where neighbors work together to create, alter or govern a place of residence. A banking co-op is an institution controlled by members. And, a health co-operative? The role of a health co-op in the United States is still being…