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I live in Texas and currently pay $780/month for health insurance through my employer. Over 1/4 of the people in the state have no health insurance at all. So no, that number isn't very high.

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That would be almost $10k a year. I work for a large manufacturing company and I pay $40/month. You have got to have messed something up there.

Not at all, though I did leave out that I am insuring myself, my wife our child. This doesn't include the deductible of $10,000 out of pocket per year.

I just bought my own health insurance because I'm self-employed and I'm only paying $80/month. I can pay $150 and have doctor visits/prescriptions mostly covered.

You must have had lots of health problems in the past or your are lying about that number.

I imagine you're a single white male under the age of 30 with no prior health issues.

I'm insuring a family (wife & child) as well as myself which drives up the cost. If I were to leave them uninsured then I would pay $0 out of pocket.

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