Originally Posted by The_Photographer

If you have a decent office job, you pay nothing. Your employer usually picks it up.

If you are poor, you go to the emergency room and the hospital is stuck with the bill.

If you self employed, you have two options:
-regular plan that will cost about $400-600 for you
-high deductible plan where you are responsible for the first X,XXX/year of health cost, but everything after that is covered. This sort of plan will cost $150 or so/month.