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Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

I was on a Blue Cross Blue Shield personal policy a couple years ago. It started at $89 per month, and steadily went up to $110 per month.

I'm on a high-deductible HSA plan with my employer now, and I'm totally satisfied. I put $55 a month into my HSA and my employer puts in $1125 at the beginning of each year. All the money goes in before taxes, and as long as it's used on medical services it isn't taxed ever. I have a debit card to access my HSA funds, and when I exceed the deductible ($2250) the insurance kicks in. Good for people who don't go to the doctor unless it's serious. Also good for pregnancies -- a delivery of octoplets would only cost you $2250!

When my wife had our first kid it cost us $10.00. I always thought that didn't seem right. Especially when she had an emergency c-section and then stayed in the hospital for 5 days. On top of that my kid was in the NICU for 2 1/2 weeks and we never spent a dime on it. All in all the pregnancy probably cost north of 100K but we paid $10.00.