We went through an independent broker who essentially had created a small business group plan of area businesses that help keep cost down verses us going to the insurer ourselves. Another thing to consider is Health Savings Accounts (HSA) which are a lot less then regular health insurance but at least affords some piece of mind for employees in the event they are faced with a serious medical or health issue.
Bret On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 19:07 -0400, David Weddell wrote: > I know that we are constantly battling pricing in health insurance. We > would be interested in how we could participate in a “WISPA” group > plan and with 60+ employees and families that we cover, you can > imagine our monthly premium. I would assume that in an association > plan, the more that participate, the better rates could be negotiated. > We would be interested in helping with negotiations if needed. I > believe this is a great idea and could benefit WISPA as a whole and > encourage membership as well. > > > > > > Regards, > > David Weddell > > VP Business Development & > > Corporate Partnerships > > Omnicity, Inc. > > > > www.omnicity.net > > OTCMarkets: OMCY > > > > 866 586 1518 Corporate Office > > 765 499 7310 Cell > > > > > > > From: members-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:members-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Rick Harnish > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:40 PM > To: 'WISPA General List'; memb...@wispa.org; motor...@afmug.com > Subject: [WISPA Members] Health Insurance > > > > > > I am curious about all the small operators out there. What are you > doing for Health Insurance? Do you have individual policies? Are you > on your wife’s policy? Is there a need for a WISPA Group Health > Insurance Plan? > > > > I will be investigating this topic over the next few weeks. I will > most likely send out a survey in a week or two once I get together > with an underwriter and see what the feasibility is. Between now and > then, I would like to encourage discussion to see whether it is worth > our effort. > > > > My goal is to offer a group plan that will assist those who do not > have enough employees to justify an in-house group plan for their > employees or themselves. Hopefully, we can reduce your cost and > improve your coverage. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Rick Harnish > > President > > WISPA > > 260-307-4000 cell > > 866-317-2851 WISPA Office > > Skype: rick.harnish. > > rharn...@wispa.org > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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