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Nonprofits are helping musicians pay for insurance in Austin, Texas, and beyond

A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin musicians , even as rising healthcare costs make the program more expensive.

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A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin musicians, even as rising healthcare costs make the program more expensive. Musician Zack Morgan jokes that when he lost his corporate job in 2015, it was like being pushed off a cliff. "Step one in that was: Get health insurance again." Austin, Texas bills itself as "the Live Music Capital of the World," but it can be unaffordable for the artists who provide the city with its cultural cachetand help drive its tourism revenue. To help pay for health insurance, he turned to a local nonprofit, the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, or HAAM. "That's part of being able to make this whole thing work," Morgan said. HAAM subsidizes the monthly insurance premiums of local musicians who purchase plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. To fund the roughly $4 million program, it works with Central Health, a public agency that provides healthcare resources for low-income residents of Austin and surrounding Travis County. After more than a decade, including through the coronavirus pandemic, the assistance program has become an established and reliable financial support for Austin's musician community. HAAM helped blunt the impact for its members.

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ได้รับการสนับสนุนการประกันสุขภาพในตลาด.

From the storyA nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin musicians, even as rising healthcare costs make the program more expensive.

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From the storyA nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin musicians, even as rising healthcare costs make the program more expensive.

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From the storyMusician Zack Morgan jokes that when he lost his corporate job in 2015, it was like being pushed off a cliff.

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From the story"Step one in that was: Get health insurance again." Austin, Texas bills itself as "the Live Music Capital of the World," but it can be unaffordable for the artists who provide the city with its cultural cachet — and help drive its tourism revenue.

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From the storyTo help pay for health insurance, he turned to a local nonprofit, the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, or HAAM.

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