[ale] professional groups / associations

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Thu Apr 21 20:42:54 EDT 2005



You may really want to talk to my sister.

If I understand her right, basically Paychex works insurance by listing 
your employees them when negotiating insurance.  That gives them the
pull of a very large company for negotiating purposes and getting you
much lower prices.  Your employees are still yours and such.



Thus spake tfreeman at intel.digichem.net (tfreeman at intel.digichem.net):

> 
> Not to be depressing, but...
> 
> It's bad now, I suspect it will get worse. Just remember to shop around 
> every two or three years just like the big corps do, or the premiums can 
> become _really_ impressive.
> 
> I gave up when my annual bill broke $10K with a $2500 deductable. For 
> three people, two of whom were minors. When they had seen 1 claim in 10 
> years (which they declined of course - deductable not met). I went 
> looking for new coverage, but I'm now pretty much uninsurable by myself.
> 
> One scheme I've heard of is to consult for somebody, but word the 
> agreement so that you can join their group policy on your nickle. I 
> haven't tried that yet, but it seems like it should work.
> 
> Good hunting!
> 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Randal Jarrett wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know of a professional group or association for consultants
> > that has a group insurance contract for its members.
> > 
> > I have been looking at health insurance and to buy it as an individual
> > is very expensive!!
> > 
> > 
> > Randy
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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