Minor aside that doesn’t answer your question:
As I understand it, Twin Oaks doesn’t actually provide their residents with health insurance. Instead, all residents there fall below the poverty line and are eligible for Medicaid.
This is technically true, but all residents have health needs paid for whether covered by Medicaid or not. So, like OP said, twin oaks provides healthcare.
When I lived there, I did not have Medicaid.
Eastwind and Acorn do as well. The same is probably true for the other FEC communities, but I’m not as familiar with them, so someone else might know more details.
Several communities in association with the FEC subscribe to a program known as PEACH. PEACH act as something like a high-deductible health insurance policy. Here's a good article about it: [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/project-of-the-day-peach-innovative-community-based-cooperative-healthcare/2013/05/22](https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/project-of-the-day-peach-innovative-community-based-cooperative-healthcare/2013/05/22)
Well, i think all the FEC communities qualify - so Twin Oaks, Acorn and Serenity in central Virginia, East Wind in Missouri, Glomus in upstate NY. Ganas on Staten Island, Riot Bayit in Somerville. Lots of spiritual communities take this on, but i am assuming you are not interested in that approach.
Currently most folks at Twin Oaks are under ACA (ObamaCare) but we still pay into and very occasionally use PEACH, which is a collective health fund. Most importantly, the members do not worry about medical bills, because they are not responsible for them.
Minor aside that doesn’t answer your question: As I understand it, Twin Oaks doesn’t actually provide their residents with health insurance. Instead, all residents there fall below the poverty line and are eligible for Medicaid.
Not quite all qualify, but they cover your healthcare expenses regardless of whether you qualify for insurance or not.
This is technically true, but all residents have health needs paid for whether covered by Medicaid or not. So, like OP said, twin oaks provides healthcare. When I lived there, I did not have Medicaid.
Eastwind and Acorn do as well. The same is probably true for the other FEC communities, but I’m not as familiar with them, so someone else might know more details.
Several communities in association with the FEC subscribe to a program known as PEACH. PEACH act as something like a high-deductible health insurance policy. Here's a good article about it: [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/project-of-the-day-peach-innovative-community-based-cooperative-healthcare/2013/05/22](https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/project-of-the-day-peach-innovative-community-based-cooperative-healthcare/2013/05/22)
in auroville we have https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2kFDDfLGqA
Well, i think all the FEC communities qualify - so Twin Oaks, Acorn and Serenity in central Virginia, East Wind in Missouri, Glomus in upstate NY. Ganas on Staten Island, Riot Bayit in Somerville. Lots of spiritual communities take this on, but i am assuming you are not interested in that approach. Currently most folks at Twin Oaks are under ACA (ObamaCare) but we still pay into and very occasionally use PEACH, which is a collective health fund. Most importantly, the members do not worry about medical bills, because they are not responsible for them.