<HTML>In a message dated 5/23/01 10:09:36 AM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">What do you folks do for health insurance coverage for your families? Assuming you don't have a spouse covered by an employer plan, what other options do you consider? We just learned that health insurance for our family (my self-employed wife, our 12-year-old son and me) will go up to over $600/month. There's gotta be a better way - any ideas? Terry Farrell </BLOCKQUOTE> For Jan and I, (we're in our mid fifties) we pay $550 per month for Blue Choice, which is an HMO. Unfortunately, good private health care is expensive, no matter where you go. Paul Monroe, our Sec/treas. mentioned that Congress is going to pass a bill which would allow non-profit groups like the PTG to offer group health insurance. If that does become a reality, I am guessing that we could get policies that would run about $200 -- $250 per person per month. Still not cheap, but better than what we're paying now. Willem </HTML>