Market Farming

[Jim & Mary Conner <jmconner AT pwrtc.com>]

My husband works full time in town and I try to sell things from the 
farm to help cover the insurance that he pays out of his paycheck to 
cover me and the kids. Since he is the employee, his employer covers him 
except for $1 a year that he pays.  Meanwhile he pays over $300 dollars 
a month to have the family coverage, and then there is the deductible on 
top of that. We have tried to get private coverage and there is always 
some reason to turn us down.  We even got turned down for private 
coverage by the company that covers the place that he works.  We even 
looked to the state and we cant get coverage there.  With the insurance 
out of his paycheck, we are considered working poor, but they figure out 
what he would make if he didn't pay insurance and tell us that we make 
just a little to much.  Its really aggravating.  As for me, I would go 
back to work but we live in an area that has very little to offer, and 
by the time I would pay for a babysitter, well I would be behind anyway. 
So, I try to make up for at least part of what he pays in insurance 
from the farm, which has been hard this year with all the rain.  Just 
sharing, but if anyone finds good health insurance please pass it on.  

Mary C
Indiana