After reading the demographic post on health care. I went online to see how much health care would cost me if my employer didn't provide it for me.
I went to one of the top sites found by Google (sadly I don't remember which one). I filled in my name, address, phone. standard stuff, and got a list of quotes from various plans. Kaiser, Aetna, Blue Cross, and a wide range of costs in a search engine style results page. (about $380/month for a plan somewhat less than I have with Kaiser right now). I was worried about the eventual spam, but figured that it wouldn't be a big deal.
Oops.
I kid you not. Within 5 minutes of filing in the survey, I received not one but THREE CALLS ON MY PHONE, from health insurance brokers wanting to provide me with health insurance. Each explaining how they could provide me peace of mind, and quickly ending the conversation when I said I had health insurance and was just doing research. Over this afternoon alone, I have received 6 emails offering me different plans.
This is way harder sell that I expected..