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CareLinx and Stride Partner to Bridge Health Insurance Gap for Professional Caregivers, the Fastest Growing Job Sector in the U.S.
[October 18, 2018]

CareLinx and Stride Partner to Bridge Health Insurance Gap for Professional Caregivers, the Fastest Growing Job Sector in the U.S.


CareLinx, the nationwide online home-care service platform, today announced it has partnered with Stride, the leading benefits platform for gig and independent workers, to offer its more than 300,000 caregivers access to simple, affordable health, dental, vision and life insurance.

"Finding quality healthcare coverage can be unnecessarily complex for professional caregivers working for families," said Sherwin Sheik, CEO and Founder of CareLinx. "Through our partnership with Stride, every one of our caregivers will be able to easily find the best health insurance plan for them and their families, and see if they qualify for lower premiums."

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of personal care aides including in-home caregivers is projected to grow 38 percent from 2016 to 2026, adding 777,600 jobs - and making it the fastest growing career field in the nation.

Despite this growth, demand for in-home caregivers is expected to skyrocket as the number of people 65 and older is expected to grow from 40 million to 70 million by 2030, and as families have fewer children, and live longer distances away.

CareLinx has been at the forefront of advocating for the advancement and well-being of professional caregivers. Caregivers on CareLinx earn up to 25 percent more than at traditional agencies, and as household employees, they get benefits like Social Security and Medicare. With this partnership, caregivers can now also get the accessible, affordable health, vision, and dental insurance that they deserve.

It is more critical than ever to ensure the health needs of this emerging job sector are met, so that in-home caregivers may provide better quality care to the aging baby boomer population.

"The Stride experience starts with answering a few short questions and ends with affordable, comprehensive coverage in ten minutes," said Noah Lang, CEO and Co-founder of Stride. "We develop tailored plan recommendations, identify subsidies that workers may be eligile to receive, and help them complete their enrollment. We're proud to be working with CareLinx to bring these benefits to their growing community of caregivers."



Stride's offering includes:

  • Personalized health insurance plan recommendations helping caregivers find the right plans based on their specific needs
  • Subsidy discovery service that helps lower caregivers' health insurance payments
  • Year-round member support to help maximize the value caregivers get from their plans
  • Custom vision insurance starting at $10/month
  • Custom dental starting at $30/month
  • Life insurance starting at $6/month
  • Free expense-tracking app to help maximize tax deductions and lower caregivers' tax bills
  • Open Enrollment - the one time of year when people can change or enroll in health insurance for 2019 - begins November 1st (October 15th for California residents).

For more information and interest in signing up for CareLinx and Stride, please visit www.carelinx.com/caregiver


About CareLinx

CareLinx is the leading nationwide online home-care platform. Professional caregivers leverage proprietary digital care plans to better assist the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and people with chronic health conditions with activities of daily living. Hiring caregivers through CareLinx can save families as much as 50 percent than if they hired the same caregivers through brick and mortar franchise agencies. The CareLinx platform helps families and caregivers easily manage all the administrative tasks of their caregiving needs, including scheduling, time tracking, care coordination, and payroll processing.

To date, CareLinx has a nationwide network of over 300,000 tech-enabled caregivers who provide personal in-home care for families and support safe transitions of care. The CareLinx platform revolutionizes transparency, and facilitates active coordination in the post-acute care environment, leading to increased quality of care, better health outcomes, and significantly reduced total cost of care. Visit us at https://www.carelinx.com.

About Stride

Stride is the first benefits platform for gig and independent workers, helping them save time and money on insurance and taxes. The company partners with the world's largest on-demand work marketplaces and employers of independent and part-time workers, including Uber, Postmates, Etsy (News - Alert), Airbnb, Gap Inc., Darden Restaurants, GrubHub, Care.com, Rover.com, Avis, TaskRabbit and others.

Launched in 2014, Stride (www.stridehealth.com) is backed by the leading health and consumer venture finance firms, including Venrock, New Enterprise Associates, and F-Prime Capital Partners.


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