New Health Care Initiative For Area Musicians and Artists

Starting in January 2009 the new Artist Clinic at Country Doctor Community Clinic is offering artist and musician-focused hours every Wednesday from 5:30pm-8:30pm as part of Artist Trust's Washington Artists Health Insurance Project. The Washington Artists Health Insurance Project is made possible by many community organizations and agencies, including: Artist Trust, Seattle Musician's Association, MusiCares, 4Culture, Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle Office of Film + Music, Pratt Fine Arts, Robert Stumberger, Friends of On The Boards, Friends of the Henry Art Gallery. Under the Washington Artists Health Insurance Project, low-income and uninsured artists and musicians can qualify for a wide variety of low cost health services.

Learn more here about the visiting the Country Doctor at a discounted artist rate here.

Speed up your visitation process and fill out the intake form ahead of time.

More information can be found at wahip.org.

Healthcare

As a benefit of membership, the Musicians Union offers both dental & health insurance for an additional charge.

The Musicians Union has a group health plan with Group Health www.ghc.org. Rates are tiered by age group Click here for Group Health Premiums for web. Click here to read the summary of benefits as well . Please know that open enrollment for this plan is in March (to start on April 1st) for all current members. If you are just now signing up for membership to the Musicians Union, you may join this plan within your first month of membership.

The Musicians Union also has a group dental plan with Dental Health Services www.dentalhealthservices.com. Monthly premium prices can be found out by calling our office, 206-441-7600.

Washington Artists Health Insurance Project (WAHIP) is a pilot project to forge new strategies that improve artists’ access to health insurance. The Musicians Association has served on the steering committee for WAHIP which shares a partnership with Artist Trust. In 2008, the Actors Fund helped to support the printing of a local healthcare brochure for our region called How To Access Health Care in Washington. You can obtain a hard copy of this brochure from our local office or view a PDF here: Artists Health Guide PDF.