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Keep in Mind: In some states, costs of individual health plan premiums vary widely, with as much as 17-fold differences based on age, gender, and health status. Even in a tightly regulated state like New York—where individual coverage is available to all—standard individual policies cost about $5,200 per year.
—From Insuring the Healthy or Insuring the Sick? The Dilemma of Regulating the Individual Health Insurance Market