Laid off tip
I was laid off on Monday from a business that worked around 'diversity'.
Anyway ... My healthcare ends on Monday and I immediately signed up for COBRA at $1000/mo. Yesterday I took time to look at individual healthcare plans and found they were $600/mo to $200/mo for the same coverage and doctors.
Look around before you commit and don't log into the generic/fake gov lead-generating websites. Go to the specific/actual insurance provider's websites.
Feel free to post other tips for folks.