Hi Danielle, I own/operate Carrboro Creative Coworking in Carrboro, NC. www.carrborocoworking.com
I don't have many details. I started this thread in hopes our collective minds could figure this out. I'm really interested in how new Federal law could change everything we know about group health insurance. -BrianR On Mar 22, 11:38 am, WHERE MMM <[email protected]> wrote: > Bryan, > > Sorry I don't know, but which coworking site are you associated with? > > I have been looking into providing this service here in CA since inception/ > implementation of "WHERE:MMM" and found that it was extremely costly > (prohibitively so) to provide to my members or even across LA/ California > for independent contractors. I even used the same analogy as the Actor's and > Writer's Union's out here but no one would underwrite it without a large > chuck of change attached. > > Even with a national reach.. to get the type of numbers that would provide > lower health care costs was even more tricky and no one would underwrite. > > Perhaps you can share a bit more details to the group here on your idea; as, > I know that, it is the main reason that Freelancers Union hasn't done it > yet. > > Do you have someone on hand now that is offering to underwrite it to the > group? And, if so what organizational structure would be needed from us > all??? or do you have an institution either non profit or for profit already > in place? > > Would love to see this happen.. so necessary... > > Thanks in advance for hitting us up with this! > > Best, > > Danielle Nicoli > WHERE: MMM > Los Angeles Coworking > 323 663 6636 > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:03 AM, BrianR <[email protected]> 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_r... > > >http://smallbusinessreview.com/regulations/Everyone_into_The_Health_I... > > > -- > > 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.
