I recently left my big law role to start my own firm, and I need health insurance since that was a benefit with my prior firm. Any tips on where to find good coverage? Is it considered a business expense or a tax deduction? I don’t anticipate to be making much income this first year if that makes a difference.

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Following. In the same situation

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I did cobra with my prior employer until I hired employees and then set it up through ADP (whole other convo but got there eventually)

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Ya I looked at my state’s exchange for BCBS and it was definitely cheaper and seemed solid. Probably made more financial sense to go that route.

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In California here, if you incorporate it’s easy to write it off. I have had my own firm for about 9 months. Health insurance costs for my family are really reasonable. Considering how much I was giving up at in terms of salary for benefits at my previous firm, it was a total ripoff. Whatever state you are in, just make sure you incorporate, you can write off a lot of business expenses and benefits that you provide for you as the employee.

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Also- I am pretty healthy. Only have needed to go to the doc for annuals. I am not on any medication. It’s really just back up in the event an incident happens or I get pregnant.

Thanks but I’m in Florida

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