By December 31, 2007, ALL Massachusetts residents are REQUIRED to have health insurance or face penalties.

StageSource continues to offer access to low-cost health insurance through an association plan with Health Services Administrators. Carriers include Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts Health Plan, Fallon, Neighborhood Health Plan, United Health Plan and more. For more information on enrollment using the StageSource option, click here or call StageSource at 617.720.6066.

Some residents, based on their income level, may qualify for the current Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Program, the plan provided by the new healthcare reform law. Click here for information.

Also, if you are not aware, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a program that helps small businesses and self-employed individuals pay for company-sponsored health insurance. If you have 50 or fewer full-time employees or are self-employed, you may be eligible for monthly assistance. For more information on The Insurance Partnership, visit www.4ip.org, or call (800) 399-8285.

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STAGESOURCE ASSOCIATION HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE OPTIONS
Health and dental plan options are available for freelance and self-employed theatre artists, and for theatre companies and their organizations through Health Services Administrators. Eligible enrollees have multiple carriers from which to choose (carriers may include Tufts Health Plan, Fallon, Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan, Neighborhood Health, Health New England or Liberty at Tufts, depending on geographic location of enrollee).  Within each of these carriers there are multiple plans from which to choose, ranging from a premium plan to the basic.  Download the StageSource Health Insurance Fact Sheet for more information.  Please call StageSource for details at 617.720.6066.

updated October 3, 2007