Before I got married, I was always covered on my parents health insurance plan.

After I turned 18, I was helping to pay the premium, but since I was still young, the cost wasn’t that overwhelming.

In my early 20s, my wife and I were married and I ended up leaving my job to move to her hometown.

This meant I was on my own for health insurance.

Fortunately, my wife found a job with insurance and added me on the plan.

There was an option, however, to get an additional health insurance quote if we wanted. And her company would pay up to half of the premium.