After 4 rounds of Freelancer Insanity — and many shut calls and upsets — the most important villain of freelancing has been topped. And maybe it would come as no shock that the most important villain of freelancing, as voted by freelancers, is the American Healthcare System.
The American healthcare system beat out a worthy adversary — the Price of Dwelling — however everyone knows what a ache level healthcare is and has been for freelancers. With healthcare tied to employment, freelancers are left within the lurch, with few complete healthcare choices out there.
When the “One Huge, Lovely Invoice” Act grew to become regulation in July 2025we knew this is able to solely exacerbate an already precarious state of affairs. The invoice failed to increase the premium subsidies that reduce the price of state market well being plans, added extra hoops for anybody in search of to buy a plan by means of {the marketplace}, and gutted Medicaid.
Freelancers energy our economic system. They’re uninterested in being left behind, and rightfully so. Per a healthcare survey we circulated in late 2025, 91% of freelancers stated they need to see the ACA subsidies prolonged. 82% of freelancers stated that entry to healthcare is a matter that impacts how they vote — a key touchpoint to contemplate forward of the June 2026 midterm elections.
Whereas all sixteen of the entries into our Freelancer Insanity bracket have been worthy adversaries, every annoying ache factors in their very own proper of day by day freelancers, Freelancers Union is working in direction of a future the place we hope to remove all of them.
