How Much Should I Pay for Health Insurance?

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Tip 1 - Health Insurance Cost Calculator from WebMD

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kathy Priest | permalink

The WebMD Health Insurance Cost Calculator will help you estimate your health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act and the penalty that you will have to pay if you choose not to get health insurance.
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Subsidy Calculator, Cost Calculator, Tax Credit, Penalty, Health Insurance

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/insurance-costs/insurance-cost-calculator ^[1]

Tip 2 - Apply & enroll

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by i Benzin | permalink

Find out how to apply and enroll for coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplace works. Visit HealthCare.gov to see if you qualify for lower costs and preview plans and prices.

For further reading: https://www.healthcare.gov/apply-and-enroll/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Average Cost Of Health Insurance (2015)

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Erwinder Erste | permalink

Health Insurance premiums have risen dramatically over the past decade. In the past, insurers would price your health insurance based on any number of factors, but after the Affordable Care Act, the number of variables that impact your health insurance costs have been reduced dramatically. We conducted a study to look at how health insurance premiums vary based on these characteristics. In our data we illustrate these differences by using an example 21 year old.

For further reading: http://www.valuepenguin.com/average-cost-of-health-insurance ^[3]

Tip 4 - Here's How Much People Are Actually Paying for Health Insurance

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kimberley Phillips | permalink

A price index posted by EHealth shows the average monthly premium of plans its unsubsidized customers purchased over the previous two weeks
Tags: EHEALTH,health insurance,Health Insurance Rates,Obamacare,premiums

For further reading: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-02-26/heres-how-much-people-are-actually-paying-for-health-insurance ^[4]

Tip 5 - Cost of ObamaCare

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rodney Byrd | permalink

What is the cost of ObamaCare? ObamaCare's cost is currently estimated at a net cost of $1.207 trillion dollars by 2025.

For further reading: http://obamacarefacts.com/costof-obamacare/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by lubix | permalink

The Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator, updated with 2015 premium data, provides estimates of health insurance premiums and subsidies for people purchasing insurance on their own in health insurance exchanges (or “Marketplaces”) created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With this calculator, you can enter your income, age, and family size to estimate your eligibility for subsidies and how much you could spend on health insurance.

For further reading: http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/ ^[6]