Contract work or permanent, which would you take? after 9 years as a school bus driver

I got a contract offer for 9 months as a school bus driver and I am unsure whether to accept. Thank you in advance. I would gain recent experience. What would you do?

Buy coverage through the marketplace if the contract has none. I budgeted for it before signing.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.