(pronounced hip-pics) Health Plan PurchasingCooperatives. In the concept of "Managed Competition" thesewill be non-governmental not-for-profit organizations created to helpindividuals, and small and large businesses purchase health insurancefrom Accountable Health Plans. HPPCs are being strongly advocated by theJackson Hole Group (a health-policy "think tank") as a majorcomponent in health-reform legislation. HPPCs have been triedsucessfully in California.