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How To Obtain Health Insurance If You Are Self-Employed

Join An Association That Provides Health Insurance

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Professional Associations: Some professional associations offer health insurance to members and members' employees. Such associations tend to be in professions that require an advanced degree or form of licensing such as doctors, lawyers, dentists or architects. Check with your professional association and other associations available to you.

Associations of self employed people: The following associations of self employed people offer health insurance. The associations are listed in alphabetical order. We do not have first hand experience with any of these associations and our listing them should not be taken as a recommendation. Please share any practical information you learn about, or experience with, these organizations. Please also share the identities of any other reputable organizations you learn about: Survivorship A to Z

  • The Freelancers Union is a national membership association originally funded by the Ford Foundation for people who are self employed. It was formerly known as Working Today. To join you must show proof of your self employed status. www.freelancersunion.org offsite link in New York: 718. 222.1099. Outside NY: 800.856.9981
  • The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is a national membership association for people who are self employed. Tel. 800 232 6273, www.nase.org offsite link
  • United Service Association For Health Care, a members only association that includes self employed people. Tel.: 800.872.1187, www.usahc.com offsite link

For a list of associations by industry, see: www.businesstown.com/associations/index.asp offsite link


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