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Industry Assistance Organizations
The Actors' Fund of America:
www.actorsfund.org / Los Angeles: (323)
933-9244; New York: (212) 221-7300; Chicago: (312) 372-0989
The Actors' Fund Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center is located in the
Actors' Fund National Headquarters in New York. This center provides information
on health insurance options and can assist with enrollment. A national database
of health insurance resources for artists is available online at the Fund Web
site:www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/
. Their toll-free number is (800) 798-8447.
The Actors' Fund Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Enrollment Center at
the New York Office has enrollment forms for private and government-subsidized
plans, cost and quality comparisons for association and self-employed person's
group policies, benefit schedules, provider directories and a health insurance
counselor on site. Call (212) 221-7300 x165 for more information.
The
Actors' Fund Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic at the Fund's Aurora Residence in New York continues to serve uninsured and underinsured members of the entertainment community. Call (212) 489-1939 for more information or to make an appointment.
Motion Picture & Television
Fund: www.mptvfund.org/sag / Los
Angeles: (323) 634-3888
The Industry Advantage
Health Plans: www.mptvfund.org/sag
(see: "Healthcare", then "MPTF Health Plans") / Los Angeles: (888) 558-4247.
The Industry Advantage Health Plans offer a range of health care options to
provide quality, affordable health care exclusively to members of the entertainment
community. Depending on your health care needs and current health coverage,
you can choose the following insurance products:
The Industry Advantage Blue/Blue Cross HMO - California Care is an industry
exclusive HMO option available through industry employers and unions/guilds.
The Industry Advantage Individual Plans are self-paid individual commercial
HMO and PPO plans for industry members who have lost or are ineligible for group
health plan benefits through their union/guild or employer.
Screen Actors Guild Foundation Emergency Financial Assistance: (818) 954-9400 or (800) 777-4013 ext. 2110
This grant can assist individuals who have a catastrophic illness or injury
and are suffering from a financial hardship with Health Plan premium payments.
The Entertainment Industry Group Insurance Trust (TEIGIT): www.teigit.com
/ (800) 886-7504
HMO, PPO and POS Plans available to SAG members at competitive rates (in
certain states)
DR Walk-In Medical Care: www.drwalkin.com / (866) 366-3060
Provides medical care rendered by Board Certified Physicians conveniently located within Duane Reade stores in Manhattan and soon in Brooklyn and Queens. Screen Actors Guild members who have not met their SAG Health Plan deductible or did not qualify for coverage are eligible for a $10 discount. See flyer or Web site for locations and more information.
Federal/State Health
Insurance Programs
Joint Federal-State Medicaid
programs offer health insurance programs for certain individuals, including
children, the aged, disabled people and those eligible to receive federally
assisted income maintenance payments. For more information, contact the Medicaid
Office in your state. The telephone number can be found in the Government Pages
of your Telephone Directory or obtained from Directory Assistance, the Plan
Office or via the following Web site: http://cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/. Working individuals with disabilities who, because of their earnings, cannot qualify for Medicaid under other Statutory provisions may be eligible for the Medicaid Buy-In Program (not available in all states). For more information, see here.
Children under age 19 not
eligible for Medicaid may be eligible for free or low-cost insurance through
'Insure Kids Now'. The nationwide toll-free number for information on
your state's guidelines is (877) 543-7669. The nationwide toll-free telephone
number for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, of which both Medicaid
and 'Insure Kids Now' are a part, is (877) 696-6775, or visit their Web site:
www.hhs.gov.
The U.S. Department of Labor
Health Benefits Advisor is designed to help workers and their families better
understand employer and employee organizations (such as a union), provided group
health benefits, and the laws that govern them, especially as pertains to changes
in their lives and work situations--such as marriage, childbirth, job loss or retirement. Visit the following web site: www.dol.gov/elaws/ebsa/health.
New York and California
Programs
*These California Department
of Health Services organizations provide supplementary benefits to Medi-Cal,
including the payment of insurance.
**Must be contacted by a private benefits counselor/advisor. No direct individual
appointments.
Private Insurance Resource Guide
The Health Plan is pleased to provide the following information
and links to assist you in finding private insurance coverage when your Health
Plan coverage ends. Please be aware that the Plan does not monitor these sites
and, therefore, cannot be held responsible for any information which may be
contained or omitted from them. In addition, by listing these sites, the Health
Plan is in no way endorsing, recommending or otherwise promoting the benefit
programs of these companies.
Telephone numbers and Internet links to companies that provide
health insurance quotes:
Telephone numbers and Internet
links to health plans (that offer individual plans) in the more heavily participant-populated
states:
| Health
Plan |
California |
New
York/
New Jersey |
Florida |
Illinois |
Texas |
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800
660-3007 |
800
261-5962 |
800
964-6371 |
800
654-7385 |
800
531-4456 |
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N/A |
(800)
447-8255 |
(954)
962-3008
(HIP/Beacon/Foundation) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
NY:
800 435-8742
NJ: 800 624-3326 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
!!! IMPORTANT !!!:
Be sure to keep a copy of the Health Insurance Certificate mailed to you by
the Plan when your coverage ends. Your potential insurer may need a copy in
order to consider your application for coverage. If more than 63 days elapse
between the date your SAG - Producers Health Plan coverage ends and the date
you enroll in another health plan, medical conditions that you or your dependents
have may be excluded from coverage as a pre-existing condition by your new plan.
Financial and other
assistance information can be obtained by calling your local Guild Office
Health Plan Comparison
Worksheet - This worksheet
can help you with comparing the benefits and premiums of different insurance
companies. Click here.
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