tvbwest

Hi, My husband and I are both nurses, though I am currently staying home with our kids. We are very interested in taking our family travel nursing, but insurance is our big sticking point. If we were to travel, we would not do it unless we could have private insurance (major health condition in the family, four kids....we need guaranteed coverage at the same level all the time). I know a lot of travel nurses carry privately, but what I've tried to unsuccessfully confirm is whether they are doing this subsidized or unsubsidized. There is no way we could afford unsubsidized private health insurance, but I know that you only qualify for subsidies if you are not offered insurance by an employer. So, are all the privately insured travel nurses paying the whole bill, or do contract travel nursing agencies not count somehow against the "insurance offered by employer" clause? Thank you!