Yes, you'll probably need to work a bit longer, and unless you have alternative healthcare (I get mine through the VA) you'll probably need more than $50k, but it's very doable in a short time frame if you're smart and lucky about it.

I ran into the same dilemma with being self employed and needing insurance..My wife and I were using golden rule which cost about $100 per month for the both of us up until ACA was passed and she was allowed back onto her parents excellent government job healthcare plan.

Knowing the way will aid you in unimaginable ways when negotiating.

Health care premiums are not tax deductible.  

@Trenade Gounder Yes, I'm just saying, I drank the kool-aid.  

Hiding negative complaints is only a Band-Aid.

Look at us, we have a population that is in poor health with every 2nd person presently or soon diabetic, wide spread poverty, a level of crime and gun violence like no other country on earth, we managed to make education FOR-profit leading to massive student debt and universities being richer than small countries, if you travel a bit you can see that our infrastructure is worse than some of the ******** countries we look down on, our health care system is F'd up beyond believe, our food is one of the unhealthiest in the world, we are consuming ressources at a level that nobody can match, we are addicted to buying cheap crap nobody needs, have a dispose everything mentality, meanwhile our population is less happy than most of our peer countries.We just got back from visiting my family in Europe and after we landed at OHare and sat in a dirty, beat up shutte bus getting us to the parking lot over a cracked concrete road, garbage on the side of the road, power lines hanging everywhere, my US born wife shook her head said: I can't believe how run down and ****** everything is here..The US is a fantastic country and I have chosen to live here for a good reason, but we really need to get our head of our you know what and start thinking about where we want to be a few decades. 

I love the fact that I can be mentored by professionals who have been doing real estate investing in south Florida for over 20 years, can have all of my deals funded by them, can shadow them as they talk to potential sellers and buyers and can network with a sizeable amount of other students that have also sacrificed to get into the mentorship program but the price point has hindered me thus far.In the past I've paid for courses and info that have gotten me as far as I have gotten but I see the mentorship program as being the fire that I need to hit the ground running in investing (alongside the fact that if I'm inactive within the program for more than six months that I would have to repay and start all over - so there's that) as well as the few students that I've seen, see success through the program AND the mentors themselves being diligent in helping their students acquire profits.I apologize for my loquacious post but I wanted to make sure that I provide all the info one would need to give an accurate opinion and aid in my issue.

I would be greatly honored to provide aid during the weekends via manual labor such as painting properties or being a graphic designer/financial modeling (somewhat of an excel guru because of work).

I've worked in many sectors of manufacturing for a number of years, then transitioned to healthcare.