Buying Insurance On The Individual Market - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /insurance/100609npr-individual-market/ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News produces in-depth journalism on health issues and is a core operating program of KFF. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:19:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 Buying Insurance On The Individual Market - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /insurance/100609npr-individual-market/ 32 32 161476233 Buying Insurance On The Individual Market /insurance/100609npr-individual-market/ /insurance/100609npr-individual-market/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://khn.wp.alley.ws/news/100609npr-individual-market/ Freelance writer Cindy Richards buys insurance on the ‘individual market’ – from a broker – to cover herself and her son and daughter. Her husband had to buy a policy separately.

Between them, they pay $500 a month in premium costs and have a yearly deductible of over $10,000. She believes it’s “too difficult” to get health insurance in America.



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