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Purchasing Health Insurance

eHealthInsurance.com released today an interesting report entitled “The Most Affordable Cities for Individuals to Buy Health Insurance”. This report outlines the affordability of health insurance in the 50 largest cities across the country for single Americans and for men and women respectively. The report can help small business owners and self-employed individuals research potential savings on their health insurance premiums and to consider health insurance plan premiums as an important financial data point when making relocation decisions. It looks at the affordability of health insurance in 50 cities in the United States.

Some key findings in this report include:

• 7 of the top 10 cities are in California
• 66% of cities can purchase individual insurance for under $100 a month
• There is some disparaty between the cost of individual health insurance plans based on gender
• Health insurance plans are more affordable when individuals choose higher annual deductible plans

The top 10 cities for individuals to buy health insurance are as follows (city, state, average monthly premium):

1. Long Beach, CA = $54.00
2. Sacramento, CA = $56.00
3. Fresno, CA = $56.00
4. San Diego, CA = $57.00
5. Columbus, OH = $57.91
6. San Jose, CA = $58.00
7. San Francisco, CA = $58
8. Oakland, CA = $58
9. Mesa, AZ = $58.74
10. Tucson, AZ = $58.77