On another list, for consultants, this issue comes up a bit, including NASE. There is typically mixed impressions, averaging bad, for NASE. I can retrieve the discussions about other insurance options, which include mentions of a few specific plans, some brokers, and potentially a couple associations who are or plan to offer it as a benefit. It would take a bit of time to distill the contents as I can't lift it completely due to list rules, but if you guys would really like it, let me know.
On Mar 4, 11:45 pm, "Chris Messina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've been thinking about and discussing this at Citizen Space for some time. > > The best model that exists is Freelancers Union -- and I think Noel > knows more about their situation. They're registered as a special type > of organization that allows them to buy health care at a > discount/group price and unless we figured out some way to centralize > coworking (which I'm personally reticent to consider), it'd be hard to > leverage the size of our community (or potential community) to > convince anyone to give us a good rate. > > Now, on the other hand, if we were to create a kind of membership > organization or 501c6 that charged dues, we might stand a better > chance of negotiating a deal -- especially if we teamed up with a > freelancer-friendly organization like the AIGA. > > My biggest concern is with overhead administrating such a scheme. > > At the lower end of the spectrum, I think we could try to arrange a > meeting with the folks from TriNet and see if they could help us... > > Googling around a bit I came upon the National Association of the > Self-Employed (http://nase.org/) that seems to offer low-cost health > care, but I have no idea about their reputability. I'm hoping that > over time someone from the community will emerge who knows more about > this stuff than I -- but in the meantime, why don't we start writing > up the kind of coverage we'd want as a coworking collective and see if > we can't go from there? > > Chris > > On 3/4/07, Brad Neuberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Quick question: would it be possible for all of the coworking spaces > > to offer affordable group insurance to it's members? Not sure of how > > the actual logistics would work out, but since all of us are > > self-employed I'm sure everyone knows about the serious problems with > > self-employed health insurance, such as them dropping your coverage, > > massively high premiums, etc. What would it look like for everyone > > involved in the coworking movement to offer group health insurance as > > a group to have greater price negotation? > > > Best, > > Brad > > -- > Chris Messina > Citizen Provocateur & > Open Source Ambassador-at-Large > Work:http://citizenagency.com > Blog:http://factoryjoe.com/blog > Cell: 412 225-1051 > Skype: factoryjoe > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
