Re: Insurance options for 1099 gigs

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are there any IT professional groups which offer group insurance?
Searching for DPMA and whatever their name of the day is got me some hits
but nothing in the membership benefits mentioned access to insurance.

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 6:16 PM Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  (I suppose this could include W2 contract gigs that don't offer group
> insurance.)
>
> I'm open to considering 1099 gigs, but the thing that always concerns me
> about the hourly rate is knowing how much I need to build into my rate for
> health and disability insurance.  Thanks to ObamaNoCare, my options for
> catastrophic coverage were eliminated.  I've been out of the 1099 space for
> several years now.  Are there groups available one can join to get a group
> rate?  Many moons ago, someone mentioned to me that a local chamber of
> commerce might have such a group.  I looked at our local C.o.C.'s website,
> but it didn't mention anything about group coverage.
>
> - Dan
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