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USA Swimming is partnering with U.S. Equestrian to bring insurance to swim coaches around the country.<\/p>\n

LSC coaches, both full and part time, will have access to this insurance program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a long time coming. This is real and it is happening. \u2026 We are really fortunate to enter a strategic partnership with U.S. Equestrian. This partnership is allowing us to provide access to our members for first-class health insurance,\u201d USA Swimming Program Manager for the Western Zone Juan Caraveo<\/strong> said in a USA Swimming coaches webinar. \u201cWe saw the opportunity to enter into that partnership with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Program enrollment will begin Monday, Oct. 5, through Wednesday, Oct. 14, USA Swimming announced on a coaching webinar. There will be four different enrollment periods each year, beginning with a January, April and July enrollment in 2021.<\/p>\n

The plan will include zero deductible health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability and the possibility of home, auto, RV, boat insurance \u2014\u00a0and will have a dedicated call center. It will comply with the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n

There will be different levels of coverage available based on the needs of the coaches.<\/p>\n

Neither USA Swimming nor U.S. Equestrian will profit from the arrangement. The access fee of $22.50 to U.S. Equestrian will be used for the administrative costs, according to USA Swimming.<\/p>\n

Coaches can help fund the insurance for their coaching teams with traditional fundraisers, such as swim-athons, or engaging a community partnership as a sponsor or raise the registration fee for club swimmers, according to USA Swimming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an easy sell to your team. If you want to provide 75 percent of insurance for the coaches, for $25 or $50 added to your registration fee, coaches will have health insurance,\u201d New Trier Aquatics coach Alexis Keto<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

The goal is to allow coaches to keep their focus with the team instead of looking for other employment that has insurance.<\/p>\n

There will be a presentation about the insurance venture on Thursday, Sept. 24, during the USA Swimming virtual convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Non-coaches are not eligible for this program yet, but that is something USA Swimming is hoping to change once the program begins.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are starting with the coaches first. We have 20,000 coaches and no idea how many people will participate. We want to get a feel and then in the second iteration, make it available to all of our non-athletes,\u201d Caraveo said. \u201cWe need to take some small steps first and start with our coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"