Re: Health care coverage for contract workers

[John Garison <john -at- garisons -dot- com>]

If you are an STC member, they offer some sort of group health 
insurance. I used to use it many moons ago. More recently, I contacted 
some insurance company (can't remember the name since even tough it's 
more recent its still awhile ago) and they said all I had to do to 
become eligible for a much lower group rate was to join the local 
equivalent of the Better Business Bureau.

As Dick said, look at it as if you are a small (i.e. party of one) 
company rather than just an individual person. And make sure you check 
to see if it's not deductible on your taxes since you are self-employed 
and it might be considered a part of doing business. [Note: I am not a 
lawyer or financial adviser, nor do I play one on TV.]

My 2¢,

John Garison



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