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by SkyPuncher 1923 days ago
You can buy it directly from healthcare.gov.

I did it for 3 years as a contractor. It really wasn't that hard.
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mknippen 1923 days ago
I agree, purchasing it was not the hard part. It was the cost changing by state, specifically for Illinois.

I was previously employed by a company in the state of Michigan, and to match the same coverage was not even possible on healthcare.gov. The closest thing was nearly double the price, and when you're going through your first pregnancy, you take a ton of other factors into account.

In hindsight we probably didn't need the advance plan that we had, but it was (and still is) a major portion of our expenses.

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SkyPuncher 1922 days ago
> I was previously employed by a company in the state of Michigan, and to match the same coverage was not even possible on healthcare.gov. The closest thing was nearly double the price, and when you're going through your first pregnancy, you take a ton of other factors into account.

Well that should be expected since your employer is not longer covering part of the plans cost.

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mknippen 1920 days ago
The bigger change was the difference per state, nearly double. (I paid it 100% out of pocket after I left my employer)
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