Mediabistro.com, in partnership with the Independent Retail Business Association, is offering freelancers and other self-employed individuals and their families affordable healthcare plans from HIP, GHI and Atlantis, three of New York's leading insurance carriers. You can search their networks at HIPUSA.com, GHI.com and Atlantis.com.

To qualify, you must:

• Be a full-time freelancer or other self-employed individual.
• Live and work in downstate New York (including Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester counties), work at least 20 hours per week, and earn at least the minimum wage. Atlantis plans require that you live and work in one of the five boroughs.
• Be a member of AvantGuild, mediabistro.com's premium membership program, and a member of the Independent Retail Business Association. (Don't worry: We can sign you up via a couple of simple downloadable forms, and we'll even give you a huge discount on the IRBA membership fee -- only $25.00)

For health insurance outside New York, please click here.

Not sure if you qualify? Want an application mailed or faxed to you? Contact Jason Silverman or Bryan Kelly at or (212) 879-0122.