<HTML>In a message dated 04/12/2002 11:44:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, gnewell@ameritech.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Richard Oliver Snelson wrote: > I have a 55 lady (smoker/my wife's sister) who wishes to learn the piano > tuning and repair business. I have checked on getting health insurance > for her and got a large wakeup. So for it looks like $550 to $700 a > month for basic coverage. > > What are you folks doing, that must provide your own health insurance? > I have a wife that teaches school and is covered there. I'm over 65 and > have coverage. I had no idea that the costs were so high! How do folks > manage this. This is a real deterrent to someone wanting to go into > business for themselves. </BLOCKQUOTE> I wasa able to get health insurance throu Blue Cross and Blue Shield.  It only covers hospital stay, but that is 100% coverage.  I find that I can pretty well cover Dr calls out of pocket but a multi thousand dollar hospital stay is nice to have protected. This insurance cost me $114./month Dick Day Marshall MI</HTML>