The Dancers Health Insurance Resource Center
The Actors Fund has received a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation to create a Dancers Health Insurance Resource Center. The goal is to have every dancer – and dancer’s family – insured by 2014.
Our strategy includes the following steps:
- Specific outreach to nonprofit dance companies in target cities (see below) to inform them of the program’s emphasis and encourage attendance at workshops
- Telephone counseling by appointment and e-mail counseling
- Webinars about the use of online resources such as the AHIRC database
- Travel to the top ten cities with large non-profit dance companies: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Philadelphia, San Diego, Houston, Seattle
- Creation and distribution through associations of a health insurance guide book for dancers on getting and keeping insurance
- Creation and maintenance of a section of the AHIRC website devoted specifically to dancers
- Creating a network of consultants/brokers who can work directly with those organizations that want to pursue small business health insurance for their staffs to guide them through the process
- Inviting health insurance agents to structure plans specifically for these organizations
- Educating these organizations about the small business subsidies available through the new health care reform law
To discuss your health insurance options, call Jim Brown at 800-798-8447 ext. 280, or e-mail him at jbrown@actorsfund.org.
Health Insurance For Dancers and Choreographers in Philadelphia
The Actors Fund will be holding two seminars to improve dancers’ access to health insurance.
Date: Monday, October 24th
Location: Christ Church Neighborhood House Theatre
20 North American Street, between 2nd and 3rd just north of Market Street
From 12:30 – 1:45pm there will be a lunchtime seminar for representatives of dance organizations in the Philadelphia area that are interested in offering health insurance to their members. A short presentation on the small business subsidy available in the health care reform law will be followed by a Q&A session with a local broker who specializes in small business and non-profit insurance.
From 2:00 – 3:30pm there will be a workshop for individual dancers on getting and keeping health insurance. We will review coverage options as well as access to quality care for the uninsured.
If you would like to attend either or both sessions, please register by e-mailing Jim Brown at jbrown@actorsfund.org.
Health Insurance For Dancers and Choreographers in Seattle
The Actors Fund will be holding two seminars to improve dancers’ access to health insurance.
Date: Thursday, November 10th
Location: : Velocity Dance Center
1621 12th Avenue (between Pine St & Olive St)
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
The seminar will have two parts:
• a presentation on small business health insurance and the subsidy available in the health care reform law for businesses with 25 or fewer full-time employees, and
• a workshop for individual dancers on getting and keeping health insurance in the Seattle area, during which we will review private and government-subsidized coverage options as well as access to quality care for the uninsured.
If you are interested in more information or would like to attend, please contact Jim Brown at jbrown@actorsfund.org.