{
  "id": 6406405,
  "title": "Nonprofits Are Helping Musicians Pay for Insurance in Austin, Texas, and Beyond",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nonprofits-are-helping-musicians-pay-for-insurance-in-austin-texas",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-09T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KFF Health News",
    "slug": "kff-health-news",
    "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/insurance/musician-healthcare-insurance-nonprofit-assistance-austin-texas/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Austin, Texas is known as the \"Live Music Capital of the World,\" but high costs for musicians can be a challenge. One local nonprofit, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM), helps subsidize health insurance premiums for local musicians through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. HAAM partners with Central Health, a public agency that provides healthcare resources for low-income residents, to offer the program. HAAM members who fall between one and two times the federal poverty level receive full premium assistance, while those above that range receive a 50% subsidy. The program has grown to over 3,300 members since its inception and aims to help musicians stay in Austin by making healthcare more affordable.",
  "summary": "A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin music artists, even as shifting marketplace conditions make the program a more expensive proposition. It’s becoming a model for other cities and sectors.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}