Health Care Assistance Plan Available for Seasonal Workers

Washington, D.C.?EUR??,,????'??+The American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) has announced it is endorsing the Seasonal Worker Healthcare Assistance Plan provided by American Plantsman. The plan offers seasonal workers employed by the green industry affordable health care insurance assistance. There are three tiers of health care assistance offered: Level 1, $3.95 per week; Level 2, $6.45 per week; Level 3, $10.45 per week. The level, of course, determines the coverage and benefits. There are options for doctor/emergency room visits; preventive care visits; accidental medical; hospitalization; term life/accidental death coverage; discount prescription/physician networks; and dental/vision programs. Availability of options is dependent upon the level of coverage selected by the employee. Level two coverage, for instance ($6.45 per week or $25.80 per month), provides the following coverage:

1. Pays 80% of emergency room expenses for accidental injury up to $5,000 per year.
2. Reimburses $50 per doctor visit up to five times a year.
3. Reimburses $1,200 for hospitalization.
4. Discounts prescriptions and vision care.
5. Provides an accidental death benefit of $25,000.

The Seasonal Worker Healthcare Assistance Plan is a low-cost, limited benefit medical plan endorsed by the ANLA for the landscape and nursery workforce. Employees of ANLA member firms cannot be turned down for coverage, and have the freedom to select their own physicians. This program is a supplemental medical plan and should not be offered in place of or as a major medical plan.

For more information, contact ANLA headquarters at (202) 789-2900, or American Plantsman at 888-842-0405.

Note: This program is currently not available in Minnesota or Vermont.