After 4 rounds of Freelancer Insanity — and plenty of shut calls and upsets — the largest villain of freelancing has been topped. And maybe it can come as no shock that the largest villain of freelancing, as voted by freelancers, is the American Healthcare System.
The American healthcare system beat out a worthy adversary — the Price of Residing — 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, Stunning Invoice” Act grew to become legislation in July 2025, we 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 looking for to buy a plan by means of {the marketplace}, and gutted Medicaid.
Freelancers energy our economic system. They’re bored with being left behind, and rightfully so. Per a healthcare survey we circulated in late 2025, 91% of freelancers mentioned they need to see the ACA subsidies prolonged. 82% of freelancers mentioned 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 had been worthy adversaries, every annoying ache factors in their very own proper of each day freelancers, Freelancers Union is working in direction of a future the place we hope to get rid of all of them.
