I know that on some level this is supposed to be a “mommy blog” but there are also a lot of “non-mommy” related thoughts that float through my brain on a daily basis.  One of those thoughts happened to hit me just now and so here I am blogging about it.

health insurance. Yep. You got it. The big H.I. topic that is on everyone’s mind these days. Especially as companies are either not offering good plans or are cutting down on manpower thereby leaving people high and dry without coverage.

Health insurance used to cost pennies. According to my dad (a really reliable resource since he lurvs history!), back in the day people didn’t have health insurance. It was considered fruitless. If your child was sick (or if you were sick), then you would go to the doctor’s, pay your bill and be on with your life. Sounds rather cozy right?

The problem is, in today’s world, health insurance has become much more a need than a luxury item. Companies have been forced to offer health insurance to employees because that’s sort of the way it has been for many years now.

What would be great would be to find health coverage that is affordable and offers similar (if not the same) benefits that a large company could offer.

I am currently on the search for such a company. Does anyone have any ideas on where to start looking? Many of the plans i’ve researched offer less and cost hundreds of dollars a month. In a word…. very expensive for a one-income family.