nonprofit member-governed health-insurance cooperative
Mountain Health CO-OP
Industry Insurance
A nonprofit member-governed health-insurance cooperative serving Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming markets. Mountain Health CO-OP scores high because members govern the insurer and profits are framed for member reinvestment, though it still operates inside the constrained U.S. insurance system.
Why this matters: Mountain Health CO-OP is one of the rare health-insurance entries close to the directory's positive end.
Letter grade B Qualified High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
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Evaluation Overview
B - Qualified
The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from Accountability Opacity.
Strengths
- Ownership8/10
- Governance7/10
- Extraction7/10
Penalties
- Accountability Opacity-2
- Policy Capture-1
- Subscription Capture-1
- Surveillance Capture-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims17
- Direct axis claims17
- Coverage17/17
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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8 / 10 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public materials identify its ownership form, parent relationship, nonprofit status, mutual structure, or shareholder-controlled insurance model. Linked evidence
|
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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7 / 10 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record gives limited direct evidence about whether binding control sits with policyholders, members, nonprofit boards, parent companies, public shareholders, or executives. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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7 / 10 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's insurance model collects premiums or dues and controls how much value returns as claims, benefits, reserves, dividends, surplus, or shareholder/investor return. Linked evidence
|
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
|
4 / 7 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public structure does not show ordinary workers holding binding democratic control over insurance operations. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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5 / 7 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's coverage model affects people during job loss, disability, illness, accidents, housing instability, or other periods when insurance access and continuity matter. Linked evidence
|
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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5 / 7 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's product is built around bearing covered losses, but the public record also shows policy terms, eligibility, exclusions, or managed-care constraints that determine how much loss the insurer actually absorbs. Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
Mountain Health CO-OP competes in insurance markets where pricing, underwriting, networks, formularies, claims handling, cancellation, and renewal practices determine ordinary consumer power. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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4 / 5 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's core product can protect against catastrophic financial loss, but coverage integrity depends on claim payment, network adequacy, exclusions, and transparent policy terms. Linked evidence
|
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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3 / 5 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's scale and category make its underwriting, care-management, claims, or investment decisions consequential for households, workers, patients, pets, or public programs. Linked evidence
|
Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Policy Capture
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Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes,
enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental,
healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy
against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or
ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely
because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.
|
-1 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Policy Capture relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy… Linked evidence
|
Subscription Capture
?
Manipulative recurring-payment, automatic-renewal,
cancellation-friction, bundling, trial-conversion, or refund designs
that profit from inertia or confusion. Range: -5 to 0.
|
-1 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Subscription Capture relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums,… Linked evidence
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Accountability Opacity
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Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability
structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
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-2 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums,… Linked evidence
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Surveillance Capture
?
Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial
recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of
customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.
|
-1 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Surveillance Capture relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums,… Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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1 / 3 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Openness to Dissent relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums,… Linked evidence
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Constitutional Spirit
?
Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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1 / 3 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Constitutional Spirit relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums,… Linked evidence
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Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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2 / 3 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Good Deal relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
?
Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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1 / 3 |
Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Cost Transparency relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums,… Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
High 80/100
17 verified linked claims 17 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 17/17 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 16/20
17 verified linked claims
Source quality 11/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
17 direct claims across 17 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
17/17 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Mountain Health CO-OP's public materials identify its ownership form, parent relationship, nonprofit status, mutual structure, or shareholder-controlled insurance model.
- Mountain Health CO-OP aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
2Mountain Health CO-OP's public record shows whether binding control sits with policyholders, members, nonprofit boards, parent companies, public shareholders, or executives.
- Mountain Health CO-OP aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
4Mountain Health CO-OP's public structure does not show ordinary workers holding binding democratic control over insurance operations.
- Mountain Health CO-OP aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
5Mountain Health CO-OP's coverage model affects people during job loss, disability, illness, accidents, housing instability, or other periods when insurance access and continuity matter.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
6Mountain Health CO-OP's product is built around bearing covered losses, but the public record also shows policy terms, eligibility, exclusions, or managed-care constraints that determine how much loss the insurer actually absorbs.
- Mountain Health CO-OP aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
7Mountain Health CO-OP competes in insurance markets where pricing, underwriting, networks, formularies, claims handling, cancellation, and renewal practices determine ordinary consumer power.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
8Mountain Health CO-OP's core product can protect against catastrophic financial loss, but coverage integrity depends on claim payment, network adequacy, exclusions, and transparent policy terms.
- Mountain Health CO-OP aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
9Mountain Health CO-OP's scale and category make its underwriting, care-management, claims, or investment decisions consequential for households, workers, patients, pets, or public programs.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
10Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Openness to Dissent relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
11Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Constitutional Spirit relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
12Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Good Deal relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
13Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Cost Transparency relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
14Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Policy Capture relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
15Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Subscription Capture relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
16Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
17Mountain Health CO-OP's public record makes Surveillance Capture relevant to the evaluation through mutual/member governance, nonprofit mission, public-program policy, recurring premiums, policy complexity, healthcare data, marketing identity, or claims/care gatekeeping.
- Mountain Health CO-OP membersGeneral web source · 58%
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