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[art2mis at nc.rr.com (Diana Duncan)]

Not in answer to either of your questions, but Craig and I benefit greatly 
from being incorporated as a business with at least 2 employees (us).  We are 
considered a "group" and can buy group health and dental insurance.  We only 
discovered this because maternity is not covered at all under individual 
health insurance plans, and since that was the only thing we could imagine 
really needing it for (other than emergencies), we really wanted that 
coverage.

So, all you individual contractors out there -- why not join up with a 
partner 
or two?

Diana

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim Allman wrote:
> > Like many people, I have unbelievably crappy health insurance.
>
>       On a related note...
>
>       I'm an independent contractor (S-corp, actually), and we've been using
> Blue Advantage. We're happy with them so far, but it seems pretty
> expensive.
>
>       I was recently looking at NASE (The Natl Assoc of Self-Employed), 
> after
> hearing that they have swell group rates for a small business. I backed off
> after a phone conversation with a pushy sales-dude and a bit of web
> research. It looks like some of these associations are thinly-veiled sales
> machines for major insurance companies, with no real price competition and
> the ability to skirt state insurance regulations.
>
>       Has anyone had any experience with NASE, positive or negative? Or are
> there other providers of good health insurance for independents? (FWIW, our
> general strategy for insurance is catastrophe coverage with high
> deductibles. We save the difference in premiums and use it for the small
> stuff.)
>
>       =jimA=
>
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