Washington State

In Washington State, LINC began this process in 2004 with The Washington Artists Health Insurance Project (WAHIP), a comprehensive survey to collect information concerning the current health insurance status of artists and arts workers in Washington State. Working in tandem with Artist Trust, The Social & Economic Sciences Research Center (SESRC), and Washington State University, as well as over a dozen Washington arts entities including 4Culture of King County, the Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, the Washington State Arts Alliance, Theater Puget Sound, Northwest Film Forum, and the Washington State Arts Commission, WAHIP has been a major success, and its findings have supported further efforts in Washington State.

Philadelphia

LINC Philadelphia took advantage of the survey work in Washington by comissioning CCG Benefits Consulting Group to conduct a simlary study of health insurance and artists in Philadelphia. This recently completed survey also served as a feasibilitystudy for providing health insurance to individual artists, by including assessments of both the need and opportunity, as well as a recommendation on the implementation of insurance benefits in the near future.

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