Tag Archive for 'health insurance'

How switching health care plans hurts other members, and how to deal with it.

A few months ago, I left a relatively stable gig at the San Jose Mercury News to come to Chicago and start freelancing. Almost every person I talked to about it was like, “Oh my god, you’re leaving a job with benefits?!? To become a freelancer? Are you insane?!?” As if somehow these magical benefits [...]