In an effort to offer another health insurance choice, credit unions in Iowa and Nebraska will partner with CoOportunity Health, a multistate co-op, to make it happen.

The Des Moines, Iowa-based CoOportunity Health is a new health insurance consumer-operated and oriented plan that was created as part of the Affordable Care Act to create new competition and new choice, the leagues in those states said.

It is one of 24 co-ops approved nationwide, but the only one to serve Iowa and Nebraska. CoOportunity Health is managed by and for its members and any savings will be used to increase member benefits and lower premiums, according to the leagues.

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