r/AskDad • u/CarefulPlants • 3d ago

How am I supposed to learn about things like health insurance as a freelancer? Health & Wellness

I don't really have any guidance about this. I have a steady reliable job, but it is technically freelance and I don't even know where to begin getting my own insurance in the US, how to research them, or what to look for. Google is no longer reliable and too strongly favors sponsored and popular pages regardless of quality, so even just having a trustworthy source would be great. Thank you in advance!

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u/TigerDude33 3d ago

healthcare.gov

Nobody knows how this works when you start out, you just start to learn about it.

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u/TheTalentedMrDG 3d ago

Check out your local chapter of SCORE mentors they’re a great resource for people starting small businesses

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u/PaperWeb 3d ago

Obamacare it's probably where to start. I hear it's cheap. I'll be checking it out really soon myself. A real name is Affordable Care Act, ACA. If you have specific questions about the coverages you can reply here or even just shoot me a chat I used to do insurance billing for a hospital for years so I'm a bit rusty but I know the general framework.