As others have put some premium info out there, I will add mine for reference. I have the Florida Blue HMO plan. This is individual, NOT in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, NOT subsidized. It is also one of the Bronze plans.
2017 Individual monthly premium $751. 2018 Estimated individual monthly premium $867.
When we finished COBRA, we were not offered any continuance of coverage with our carrier, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Florida Blue has many many plans to choose from. My earlier advice was to try to make an appointment within 60 days of your COBRA expiring. My revised advice is that if your COBRA is running out in the next three months, try to make your appointment now. It is open enrollment time, and these folks are going to get busier and busier, right up to the deadline date of December 15 to make any changes to your existing health care plan. (It is a shorter open enrollment time period this year.) They may not be able to tell you your exact premium, but they can tell you the details of all the 2018 plans as well as a best premium estimate.
I would think every person who gets their renewal premium estimate is going to look hard at options available to them, to either save premium dollars or improve their coverage, for what might be a few dollars more. Don't wait!
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