The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

Get insured through your partner. A number of business owners wrote to
tell  me  that  they  relied  on  their  spouse  or  partner’s  job  to  cover  both  of
them  while  they  worked  full-time  or  part-time  in  the  business.  Courtney
Carver was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006, and her medical bills
would  be  $8,000  a  month  without  insurance.  “I  feel  fortunate  that  my
husband  works  for  a  company  that  has  group  insurance,”  she  says.  “For
now, starting a business together with him leaving his job is not an option
because  of  my  medical  condition.  We  are  looking  at  other  out-of-state
options for the future but are tied to his job for the insurance for now.”
Of  course,  this  option  isn’t  available  to  you  if  you’re  single  or  if  your
partner  doesn’t  have  a  job  that  provides  insurance  benefits,  but  if  you  do
have the option, it may very well be the best one.