Just to add in another perspective, our members were recently talking about this after a health insurance brown bag at our space. Someone sent around this interesting article about being a "group of one." Check it out:
http://blog.nwjobs.com/ninetothrive/2011/02/self-employed_how_to_get_group.html?cmpid=2308 Susan __ Office Nomads officenomads.com 206-484-5859 On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Mark Gilbreath <mfgilbre...@gmail.com>wrote: > Mark > I believe a number of us have had these discussions. I spoke to our > representative from Trinet (a PEO). He reiterated what others had shared > which is that in order to qualify for a shared insurance plan, the > individuals covered would need to all be employees of the same organization. > This doesn't mean that there is no option... Just that some creativity will > be required > > Mark > > Liquidspace > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Mark in Iowa City <mno...@iowacityarea.com> > wrote: > > > Was reading some threads on insurance, etc. Has anyone actively > > pursued trying to start an association for coworkers such that we have > > a collective voice and could potentially ascertain if a group > > insurance pool could be made available to coworkers across the US? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.