If you only need health insurance for yourself, the good news is that you will obviously pay a lot less than if you had to insure a spouse, or especially a whole family.  However, you still need to consider where to get your individual medical health insurance from, which can be a very big decision.  If you are offered individual medical health insurance through your job, that may make your decision a lot easier, because nine times out of ten (or maybe ninety nine out of one hundred) you will pay a lot less through a job than you will by seeking out insurance elsewhere.