that really made ME1 for me.

JK of course. cripes they were boring, although the voiceover stuff played were interesting.

Fare thee well, Mako!

A lot of the advice you're getting here may not apply to your situation, based on what state you live in. I'm assuming you're a US resident.

The pdf below is a good starting place to get an idea of how you will be rated, what your renewal will be, pre-existing condition limitations, etc.

http://www.nahu.org/legislative/charts/individual% 20health%20insurance%20rates%20june%202005.pdf

nahu.org is a pretty good site for researching this kind of thing.