[nostrademons]

But it's not bundled with a 9-5. I had health insurance for the 15 months I was working on my own startup. I paid for it myself, out of savings.

If you don't have a pre-existing chronic condition, you can usually get health insurance for a fee. That fee will probably be high. But it's just another expense you need to budget for when you plan out the financials of starting a company.

[jhancock]

There is no reason that individual coverage should be so high. I don't mind buying my own insurance. I just want the same price the big buyers get. And I want the cost to be deductible without having to establish a corp that pays a salary to me simply so it can buy the insurance on my behalf.