The Guardian: "Scraping by on six figures? Tech workers feel poor in Silicon Valley's wealth bubble"

“Insurance/ non-employer based 1230/mo family plan with a $4500 deductible per person -thank you Affordable Care Act
Utilities: gas and electric 250, cell phones (5) 275, water( CA “drought”) 150, cable and internet 175, close enough …”

I live in a state with higher electrical rates than CA in a sizable house and wide temperature swings (both heat and AC needed) and don’t pay that much.

“Insurance/ non-employer based 1230/mo family plan with a $4500 deductible per person -thank you Affordable Care Act”

I thought tech companies had great benefits. Are workers at Twitter and other tech companies really paying $1K per month for insurance? I’m talking about this segment of workers, not the typical California employee.