Alaska insurance premiums for the self-employed are $1000/month. Colorado is $300. This is because the State of Alaska fought Obamacare and didn't take steps to reduce costs. The state allowed the high-risk pool to be rolled together with the self-employed pool without the money for the high-risk pool following the patients. This pull the full burden of high-risk care on the self-employed instead of distributing the load. I'm making plans to move to Colorado in the event that the ACA tax credits are removed.