Yes I buy my own.
It’s about half of what you’re saying.
But it’s mighty expensive. At least however, it is there if I need it.
That is what the GOP needs to pay very close attention to.
This is the one issue which could screw things up, big, for the entire party.
No way I could do any of the other options. I have kids in college. I can't shell out $2K a month for sh*tty insurance that pays for nothing unless I am dying. Even then it probably puts me through a formula and only pays to up my morphine drip to expiration levels. It pisses me off just thinking about it.
I know several people in this position as well. Pretty much all of my friends say the rule in their house, now, is--no one goes to the doctor unless it's an emergency.
My one friend (yes, she has insurance) her husband went to the doctor last week. He had two RXs. One was for some high "octane" fish oil. $600 for the two co-pays.
She skipped it. She went home scoured the internet for a coupon for one and bought the standard fish oil at Costco.