Just finished applying for 2024 health insurance through the healthcare.gov marketplace.

Good news! This might be the first year I pay less than $30,000 for medical coverage! (Assuming I stay out of the hospital).

@geerlingguy Madness! A quick search indicates that that's currently more than half of the average annual salary nationwide across the U.S.

It looks like I pay $12.99 AUD per year for ambulance cover, and just use public services for most things. They are just about on par with private services in my limited experiences, at least for anything sufficiently important to matter.