We’d like to introduce our two newest additions to our pocket guide series: The Artists’ Guide to Health Reform and The Artists’ Guide to Health Insurance.
The Artists’ Guide to Health Reform provides a general overview of the new healthcare law. If you’ve overwhelmed by all the media on health reform and you’re still unsure of [...]
There’s been some heated debate lately on whether the new healthcare law is unconstitutional. The controversy is focused on a single component of the law: the individual mandate (i.e. the requirement for everyone to buy health insurance).
This is controversial not because it is a mandate, per se. After all, plenty of uncontroversial legal mandates already [...]
Healthcare is back in the news as Republicans and Democrats fight over what reform will actually look like.
But a fair amount of the law has already come into effect; the rest will be phased in gradually over the next several years with the majority implemented in 2014. Here’s some of what you already have:
No lifetime limits [...]
Everybody likes a Top 10 list, right? Especially the nerdy ones! So here’s my contribution: the second annual list of the top ten arts policy stories from the past year. You can check out the 2009 edition here.
10. Intrinsic Impact Research Marches On
WolfBrown’s groundbreaking work on measuring “intrinsic impact” (the intangible, hard-to-define effects that arts [...]
When it comes to health insurance, have you ever wished for…
A good deal! Low priced coverage that doesn’t suck dry your hard-earned cash.
Transparency! Simple, straight up easy to understand coverage, with no catch-22s.
Freedom! Your health insurance stays with you from gig to gig. You don’t want to work at a soul-sucking corporate [...]
Discounts to help you get healthy this summer!
The Obama administration is looking for personal stories about the need for health care reform. This is a great opportunity to ensure that the arts community isn’t left out of this debate.
Remember that not all health care reform proposals are created equal. Some - such as those designed to expand employer-based coverage - would actually [...]
Founded in 2001, Stone Soup Theatre Arts creates collaborative work based on relevant social issues. Each season, the company chooses a theme and begins with a published work, usually by an international playwright. The season culminates in a collaboratively-created piece based on research, workshops and travel.
New York-based Small Pond Entertainment is an emerging theatre arts organization that was started five years ago by artistic director Michael Roderick when he found that it was virtually impossible for an artist to be at their best when they also had to produce. In this interview with Fractured Atlas, Michael elaborates on his organization’s [...]
Fractured Atlas Board member Ken Weinberg had an article published in the NY Times earlier this week. Ken is an E.R. doc in Teaneck, NJ and also works with Physicians for a National Health Program and Columbia University’s Program in Narrative Medicine. The piece in the Times no doubt draws upon his experience with the [...]
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