My wife right now has great health care.. but after 20+ years of working for "the man" she is itching to get out there and work for herself as I do. With that "leap" I have only just begun to delve into the "self employed healthcare arena" And from what I have seen so far it it ridiculous!
The only + is that as a self employed individual you are able to write off every cent of health care premiums.. but you still have to make that $300, $700, $900 or whatever astronomically crazy # you have to pay each month. Which never helps in the short term.

Just started my digging in. I want so very much for my wife to be able to make the leap to self-employment also.. but we will have to crunch the numbers and come up with a stellar plan to "pull trigger"

Having 2 little ones and not a substantial health plan is just a really dumb thing to do.

So I feel your pain my man.