Keeping the plan we've got means paying $200 a month more. But... would a "cheaper" plan cost us more in the long run? It depends! And COVID makes it a lot more complicated. This stinks.
You can hear my wife and me try to puzzle the whole thing out, and then I debrief with an expert. Who leaves me reminded how lucky we are to have the options we do. HEALTH INSURANCE SUCKS.
But the alternative is so much worse.
If you want to go deeper on health insurance, you might want to check these episodes from our first season:
And here are some other helpful big-picture takes:
Want to go really deep? Like, you're actually looking at buying health insurance, maybe on the Obamacare exchange?
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