When one in every three workers in the United States is freelancers, we can’t help but wonder how they get their insurance. Freelancers Union helps bridge the gap between the 42 million independent workers and the broken insurance system. Currently, Freelancers Union has more than 170,000 members and counting in all 50 states. Freelancers Union believes that “all workers should have the freedom to build meaningful, connected, and independent lives—backed by a system of mutual and public support.”
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio recognized the innovative advancement of Freelancers Union in 2012, and endowed them with a grant. The grant enables Freelancers Union to expand portable group rate insurance coverage to improve population health by changing health care delivery. Specifically, this grant has enabled Freelancers Union to expand its group purchasing health benefits program from New York into New Jersey and Georgia.
Currently, there are 198,007 ‘rebels with a cause’ that make up the @freelancersu network
42 million American workers are independent; with @freelancersu they are building a powerful voice
"Q&A with Freelancers Union's Sara Horowitz on Modernizing Health Insurance"
"Freelancers Union Expands Affordable and Stable Coverage for Independent Workers"
"Pioneer Grantees Named to Forbes' Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs List"
"Pioneer Invites 11 'Disruptive Innovations' Entrants to Apply"
…On Crain's New York: “A voice for the city’s freelancers”
…On The New York Times' Well Blog: “Waking up to major colonoscopy bills”
…In The Washington Post: “Job landscape changes spark new hybrid between corporate and non-profit worlds”
…On The Atlantic: “How do you build a union for the 21st century? (Step 1: Learn from history)”
…On Fast Company's Generation Flux Blog: “Sara Horowitz: labor’s renaissance woman”
