I pay $1200 on cobra for me and my wife. It's a pretty good plan though.
Considering I'm a single healthy guy in SF and have gone to the doctor maybe twice in the past ten years… this is straight up highway robbery! I should just ditch health insurance altogether…
I used to work for a NY based startup as their first employee in London. As part of the package they simply put an extra £1000 a month in my wage under the line "item health insurance contribution".
At the time I too went to the Dr approx once a year for something routine and of course in the UK there is a completely free at the point of access healthcare i pocketed the fee.