A two-person group is not going to fare much better than an individual plan, and I'm not so sure that there are that many companies that accept two-person groups anyway.
Not true in CA anyway, you can have a 2 person company and apply for small employer group coverage. You can't be denied for pre-existing conditions and your rates have to be within 10% of larger group rates.
Yeah I think you'd need to hire about 49 more people before you had a substantial group going.
I work at a company with a 2 person group and it fared much better than an individual plan.