An alliance of American nonprofit arts organizations has banded together to ask Congress for help in securing affordable health care for the cultural sector. Noting that arts professionals often work outside of a typical office or corporate environment, the group is asking for the government’s assistance in helping to establish cost-saving measures that would allow nonprofits to provide care for both full-time and part-time employees and reduce costs so that staff cuts will not have to be made in order to afford health insurance. On a slightly different note, the group also asked for a bill that would support arts therapy as a part of the health care system.

The nonprofits involved in the matter, collectively called Americans for the Arts, include the Arts and Business Council, the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, the National Dance Association, and the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, among others.