More Healthcare Options for Freelancers - Union Receives $340 Million
This could be good news for all of those uninsured freelancers out there.
Freelancers Union, a membership organization of about 170,000 independent workers, is launching a nonprofit, consumer-run health plan in New York.
The initiative is funded by $174 million in low-interest and no-interest federal loans. The insurance plans are being billed as “consumer operated and oriented plans,” or CO-OP, that aim to be more affordable, more accessible, and more responsive to the needs of all workers.
The Freelancers Union-sponsored CO-OP plans – part of the Affordable Care Act – will also be available in New Jersey and Oregon.
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