we are setup in NY with HealthyNY: http://www.ins.state.ny.us/website2/hny/english/hny.htm
not familiar with other states offerings or more alternative organiziations. On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jeffrey Taylor <thejeffreytay...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > This morning, I tweeted a link to a Diary from the Daily Kos ( > http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/25/735194/-R.I.P.-Jay-Bennett ) > about the death of Jay Bennett, known for his collaborations with Wilco and > the subsequent lawsuit he was filing. > > Here's an interesting quote from the diary: > > "However, with this morning's news, we now know what drove Bennett to sue a > former friend and bandmate: the threat of overwhelming medical bills. Like > many artists and countless others who do not pursue traditional forms of > employment, Bennett lacked health insurance. At the time of his death, > Bennett was suffering from severe pain, and though he desperately needed > hip > replacement surgery, he was concerned that seeking help would send him > spiraling into crippling debt. Despite the claims of health care industry > apologists, many people like Bennett are beyond assistance. Struggling to > secure a steady source of income early on, musicians are often forced to > choose between their vocation and health insurance when they're young, and > by the time they get old, they typically find themselves ineligible to > receive coverage under any plan whatsoever. > > Stories like this underline the desperate need for health reform that, at > the very least, includes a public option. The United States needs artists > and innovators who work outside the confines of the corporate safety net, > and we should not be forcing them to choose between their health and the > art > that enriches all of our lives." > > Pause for thought, and when a videoblogger I know tweeted that s/he didn't > have health insurance, I thought about how many people I know on this list, > including myself, who don't have coverage at the moment. > > I don't want to get into political discussion about healthcare, but I was > wondering if anyone out there knows if there's a way under the current > system for people like us to bundle together and get lower rates on health > insurance, or if there's any truly good, truly economical policy that > freelancers/artists can buy? There's plenty of other places to discuss > policy, but I just wanted to throw this out there in case there was a way a > bunch of vloggers got together to get covered. > > Cheers, > > Jeffrey > > -- > Jeffrey Taylor > 912 Cole St, #349 > San Francisco, CA 94117 > USA > Mobile: +14157281264 > Fax: +33177722734 > http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor > http://organicconversations.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
