His numbers sound about right. Rates can really be all over the place.

Throughout my twenty's I had an Assurant Health catastrophic plan and was paying between $65-$90 per month (increased each year) for coverage. Pretty basic. $2500 deductible with $2m lifetime cap. I used it too (hospitalization) and they were great. That was for a young, healthy male though.

Lately I've switched to my girlfriends employer based cigna plan and now pay around $80 a month. I'm not sure what her employer is covering though.

I believe my single cousin (Fortune 500) pays around $120 a month and my married sister pays $220 to Kaiser Permanente while working for the Federal Government.

I know I have a a sweet thing going but I'd vote for single payer healthcare in a second. My girlfriend is actually British (Green Card) so it has been interesting to hear about the differences. She would tell you that with great insurance, you get treated much better in the US. But really it is just items and services like no wait times, good food, a walking boot over a solid cast, free wheelchair, etc. Cancer and heart disease are also managed and treated much more diligently in the US when reviewing our family's' experiences.

Having said that, we'd both give up great US insurance if it meant that everyone could have decent healthcare. I really think the country is moving in that direction, hopefully we'll see it in the next couple of decades.

Best of luck to you and your wife. My mother and grandfather were teachers; it's a difficult and often thankless gig.