Freelancers Union Vs. Health Care Reform: Battle Royale!

Heck, while we’re on the subject of freelancers and healthcare:

Sara Horowitz, founder of Freelancers Union, “is furious at the White House. She worries that health reform will disrupt the group she’s spent years building.

Her health plan is designed specifically for independent photographers, designers and writers who are not full-time employees of a company. Yet the health reform bills in Congress don’t recognize this kind of specialized coverage.” (Forbes)

The bill passed by the House of Representatives could make the plans offered by Freelancers Union much more expensive, or would have to accept anyone—even non-freelancers. This bill “violates the president’s promise that it won’t force you to change your coverage,” Horowitz told Forbes. “This is a third of the workforce.”

(Horowitz’s insurance offerings have come under fire from Freelancers Union members, too, by the way.)

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