T.N.
Hi D., I worked for a few years for a private special ed preschool, 9-1 Monday through Friday, school schedule. Yeah can't beat that! They DID offer health insurance to the parttime aides (20 hrs a week). It was VERY expensive, I had health insurance at the time, but if I'd gone for theirs, it would've been about $375 a month just for ME, which was nearly HALF my take home pay. :( (but it WAS an excellent plan)
NYS has a program for lower income families, maybe your state does too, worth looking into.
In a previous post someone suggested that buying Kaiser Permante was an affordable private plan. Google 'private health insurance' and maybe you'll be surprised what you can find.
Meanwhile, hope and pray with me that our president will still come up with a solution for people like us!!