Not really. The Freelancers' union wasn't designed to actually provide the healthcare, it was to create a lobby voice to change the legislature, making it easier for teams to provide healthcare under different structures.
THAT is something our starfish teamwork could accomplish very well, then allowing individual spaces to figure out what structures they need to band together in order to provide healthcare. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > Freelancers Union already spearheads this effort for NY, and probably other > states. Correct, some states don't allow an org-based insurance, including > California. And yes, this is a massive undertaking that would overwhelm our > disparate, "starfish" teamwork. We would have to tackle some fundamental > milestones first, such as how to define coworking, how do we organize a > conference, and should we even join some kind of "formal" collective. > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work wide open" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > > On Mar 22, 2010, at 8:03 AM, BrianR wrote: > > It appears health care reform may make it easier for coworking spaces, >> in the US, to pool together to provide insurance. The purpose is to >> save money on health insurance by buying in bulk. By banding together >> many small orgs could get the same rates as a big company. >> >> I realize this is a complicated issue with very geocentric details. >> I'm familiar with some of the orgs already doing this. Some >> experiments in health insurance pooling have not gone well. >> >> Are ya'll interested in this idea? Is it something that we could >> innovate in? Is it just too big of a hassle? >> >> I believe it could be real unifying force for coworking spaces and a >> reason for us to work under one umbrella. >> >> -BrianR >> >> p.s. some related links >> >> >> http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/22/smallbusiness/small_business_health_reform/ >> >> http://smallbusinessreview.com/regulations/Everyone_into_The_Health_Insurance_Pool/ >> >> -- >> 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]<coworking%[email protected]> >> . >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > 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 [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.
