BMI launches free service to assist US songwriters and composers discover healthcare protection
BMI has launched a free service to assist its US-based songwriters and composers discover healthcare protection for themselves and their households.
Referred to as BMI Well being Join, the service has been created in collaboration with Gallagher Various Well being Options, a part of international insurance coverage brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
It connects BMI‘s US associates with insurance coverage advisors who present one-on-one steering on healthcare choices, the corporate introduced on Wednesday (September 16).
By the service, BMI‘s music creators can evaluate choices together with Reasonably priced Care Act (ACA) trade plans, non-public off-exchange plans, and Medicare, in addition to dental, imaginative and prescient, and different insurance coverage choices.
The service additionally covers plans eligible for cost-sharing subsidies, based on BMI.
The advisors are unbiased and have entry to a whole bunch of plans, together with some not obtainable on state exchanges, BMI stated.
“BMI Well being Join was created to assist carry readability to an often-complex course of and join our songwriters and composers with a trusted useful resource to allow them to spend much less time navigating well being protection and extra time doing what they do finest.”
Mike O’Neill, BMI
Associates and their rapid relations join with Gallagher‘s licensed professionals by cellphone to assessment their wants, together with family dimension, price range, present protection, and life stage.
Gallagher then works from a portfolio of a whole bunch of on- and off-exchange plans to current the choices obtainable and assist associates enroll, the corporate stated.
All private info is dealt with by Gallagher Various Well being Options in accordance with HIPAA and relevant privateness legal guidelines, based on BMI.
“Supporting our music creators is on the coronary heart of every part we do at BMI,” stated Mike O’Neill, CEO of BMI. “We all know first-hand from our associates that discovering the proper healthcare protection could be overwhelming and isn’t a one size-fits-all expertise, particularly for music creators and their households.
“BMI Well being Join was created to assist carry readability to an often-complex course of and join our songwriters and composers with a trusted useful resource to allow them to spend much less time navigating well being protection and extra time doing what they do finest – creating the world’s finest music.”
“Healthcare is likely one of the most consequential monetary selections an individual makes and it’s usually complicated by yourself,” stated Robby White, US Advantages Enterprise Chief at Gallagher. “BMI is dedicated to connecting affiliate members with an actual professional, without charge to their songwriters and composers.
“Consultants, who’re educated to hear, ask the proper questions and assist every affiliate attain a call that genuinely matches their life.”
“BMI is dedicated to connecting affiliate members with an actual professional, without charge to their songwriters and composers.”
Robby White, Gallagher
The launch follows BMI‘s rollout of Spark, a program the efficiency rights group launched in March 2025 providing its affiliated creators profession, instructional, and wellbeing sources.
BMI, which represents the general public efficiency rights in over 25 million musical works, was acquired by a New Mountain Capital-led group in a deal that closed in February 2024.
The corporate had introduced a shift to a for-profit enterprise mannequin in 2022, having beforehand operated on a not-for-profit foundation.
BMI Well being Join is offered now, with associates inspired to contact an advisor earlier than open enrollment begins, based on the corporate.
Medicare open enrollment for 2027 protection runs from October 15 to December 7, 2026, whereas ACA open enrollment on HealthCare.gov runs from November 1, 2026 to January 15, 2027 – with December 15 the deadline for protection beginning January 1. A number of state-run marketplaces set their very own deadlines.
Associates who want rapid protection can enroll in short-term medical plans, or in different plans via a Qualifying Life Occasion, BMI stated.Music Enterprise Worldwide
