49 years old, married (same age), six kids, and my ACA plan in my area is $3k/mo for bronze, and $4 to $5k/mo for gold, with $10k deductibles. We have paid cash for five of our six kids.
Thankfully, my spouse and I and kids are healthy, but that's so much money that if I'd carried insurance when building my startup, we wouldn't have a startup today.
The ACA kills the American Dream. One possible fix is that I should be able to buy any insurance I want from anywhere in the country I want; this would mean real competition; currently, I can only buy from a few providers that operate in my local part of my (large) state.
Anyway, I find $85k shocking, but not that shocking given that I'm looking at $60k/year (not including deductibles) at a much younger age. (When I first started in my career, that was more than I made in a year!)
Thankfully, my spouse and I and kids are healthy, but that's so much money that if I'd carried insurance when building my startup, we wouldn't have a startup today.
The ACA kills the American Dream. One possible fix is that I should be able to buy any insurance I want from anywhere in the country I want; this would mean real competition; currently, I can only buy from a few providers that operate in my local part of my (large) state.
Anyway, I find $85k shocking, but not that shocking given that I'm looking at $60k/year (not including deductibles) at a much younger age. (When I first started in my career, that was more than I made in a year!)