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The Fractured Atlas website makes health insurance accessible and affordable for artists around the country.

Talk of healthcare reform seems to be everywhere these days. In movies, newspapers, and on TV, buzzwords and statistics fly from the mouths of politicians, celebrities, and journalists. Surely you’ve heard the headline: 46 million Americans are uninsured. Among the uninsured are far too many of our peers in the arts field, with artists being the hardest hit. Many arts service organizations do what they can to assist artists in supporting themselves, but with limited resources themselves, providing health care for artists is often out of the question. One artist service organization with a nationwide reach wants to change that reality. Fractured Atlas provides its members with affordable health care options for artists in all 50 states.

Fractured Atlas works in two ways to insure health care coverage for artists. Directly, it provides the available options at discounted or low cost rates to its artist members.  A quick search on their website identifies to members and the public which insurance and health discount benefits are available in their state, along with an easy to understand comparison of the plans and prices. If an artist sees a plan that works for her, she can join Fractured Atlas and apply for the health plan.

“I already had coverage with another company, but they were getting astronomical in their rates,” said artist Brian O’Neil, a member of Fractured Atlas. “With this policy, I get the same advantages at about $250 less per month than what I was paying elsewhere.”

In addition to coverage for artist members, the Open Arts Network allows membership organizations to offer their artist members with the same health coverage discounts that Fractured Atlas’ artist members receive. So organizations such as Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville in Knoxville, TN, and Asian American Arts Alliance in New York, NY, have teamed up with Fractured Atlas to offer insurance benefits to the artists they serve. This approach benefits all involved; Fractured Atlas extends its reach to artists it otherwise might not touch, membership organizations provide a valuable benefit for the artists in their communities, and artists get the health care they need and deserve.