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Indie Planner Association Offers Healthcare Plan

Meeting Planners Unite, an association of independent meeting planners that was formed in the wake of the Marriott International commission cuts in early 2018, announced it is offering a healthcare plan for members.

"Since the inception of our assocation in May [2018], our goal was to find a health care program for our members which provided much of what traditional insurance provides," said David Bruce, founder of Meeting Planners Unite. "In late October we found this program and in early November we signed an agreement to provide health care. As Meeting Planners Unite matures as an association, we hope this is the first of many offerings which display our desire to be the premier independent meeting planning association."

According to the association, participants can choose either the Apex Basic MEC Plan (HDHP) or the Advantage Plan for preventative coverage and then pair it with the Sedera Medical Cost Sharing Plan for major medical or catastrophic events. The packages are Affordable Care Act compliant.

The program partners and providers are Apex Management Group, Sedera Health, PHCS, GoodRx, 2nd.MD, Teladoc, WellDyneRx and Sala Health Program.

Additional details are available on Meeting Planners Unite’s website.

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Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

 

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years.  In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines. 

 

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism. 

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