Health insurance costs (in California/Bay Area)

[balmofgilead]

I started working at Starbucks about a month ago. I'm not eligible for health insurance yet, but I'm trying to do some budget estimates for next year and it would be helpful to know roughly how much I'll be paying each month if I get health insurance through them.  How much do other folks in the Bay Area (or other parts of CA) pay per month? I'm

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[terryn73]

I'm not in CA, so I can't help you there, but, in CO, I pay $40/month for the most basic coverage, plus $15 for vision and dental. In my experience, it's just one company with different levels of coverage per option. I don't think your age/gender matters. They do have you fill out a questionnaire, you will pay double if you don't do it. But, it's basically "price with health quotient" and "price without."

[balmofgilead]

Thanks, that's a good basic benchmark.

[scryren]

I would think CA's going to be different since everything healthcare related always has notices/exceptions for CA, but when I was in NC two-three years ago, I paid $50 for medical and $10 for dental/vision through Blue Cross (CA might use Kaiser). It was about $63 total when I left since they upped it about a dollar every year. Working about 30-35 hours a week, tips were more than enough to cover it.

[balmofgilead]

Thanks, that's a good basic benchmark.