Anyone Here A Member of the Freelancers Union?

[Yavin4]

If you are, can you offer any insight into their health benefits? How are they? I may go freelance next year, and the big sticking point is healthcare. I can get it through the Freelancers Union, so I would like to know if anyone has had any experience with them.

http://www.freelancersunion.org/benefits/benefits101.html

[MineralMan]

1. They don't offer any health insurance benefits in my state of MN.

Better check carefully.

[Yavin4]

2. They do in NY

I just checked.

[Zalatix]

5. What about anywhere outside of NY?

Live in an eligible area
Dental, life, and disability benefits are available to members nationwide.

Health benefits are available to members who live in one of the following New York State counties:

Albany, Bronx, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Kings, Montgomery, Nassau, New York City, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester.

[xfundy]

3. Thanks for this.

I paid my own self employment insurance for years, never actually used it. Then, when the premium rose to $600/mo, I had to drop it. Tried to reinstate but they wouldn't take me cause I'd had depression.

[Yavin4]

4. Were You A Part of the Freelancer's Union?

Check to see if it's available in your state.