Episode 16 – How to Handle Health Insurance When Working Online
October 21, 2019
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
- [04:00] “Do remote companies offer health benefits to remote employees?” (Spoiler: yes)
- [04:42] The 2 things that remote companies offer to remote contractors that aren’t located in their local state or country
- [05:47] How I handled healthcare for me and my family when I was broke living in a pay-by-the-week studio
- [06:30] What are income-based clinics?
- [08:54] How to deal with out-of-state healthcare
- [10:05] My top 4 resources for finding health insurance
- [12:50] My top tips for Americans living outside of the U.S. or traveling outside of the U.S. for a majority of the year
- [14:08] My tips for non-Americans traveling outside of their home countries
“But… what about health insurance?”
This is one of the most common questions I get asked about working online by Americans. In this episode, we talk through this supposedly daunting topic and I share all my top resources for those of you that want to live in a different country as an expat, those of you that want to travel, and those of you that are just ready to get going working online.
Resources From This Episode
- Video mentioned in the episode: 20 Remote Companies Hiring Right Now
- Freelancers Union – you can find dental, health, term life, disability, liability and accident & illness insurance here!
- 98point6 – app that has on-demand text-based primary care delivered by board-certified physicians
- Medishare – healthcare sharing program
- Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant!
- Sign up for my weekly job pack that sends fresh, legit remote jobs to you every Friday.
- Join our free Work from Home Facebook group that we post jobs in and that you can use to chat with others who are looking to start working online, too!
Additional Resources:
Expat health insurance for long-term international living (long term is usually more than 2-3 month trips):
Great travel insurance ONLY if you already have insurance in your home country:
American Health Insurance – Check your state’s site, you will likely qualify as self employed for a decent rate
- Kaiser Permanente is actually pretty reasonable!
- Freelancer Union
- Medi-Share
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