For reasons unbeknownst to me, NY is one of the most expensive locations in the US for health insurance. My wife and I are both healthy and have been able to buy good insurance with reasonable deductions for around $250 / month total in CA, CO, and OR. But I can't find anything in NY for less than 4x-6x that much. I find it hard to believe that the cost of care in NY is that much higher than in CA, so I'm assuming that some kind of moronic government meddling designed to keep insurance affordable has once again resulted in screwing over the people it was supposed to help.

EDIT: While not an unbiased source, this article indicates that my assumption above is exactly right: http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/01/new-york-states-highly-reg...