In NY there is freelancers unions and other ways to get affordable health insurance. anything similar in SoCal

I want to start freelancing but learned that health insurance will cost me $1400/month. Anything creative I can do? Any unions or groups I can join in SoCal? Need PPO.
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Maybe try getting quotes from a web consolidator site like this one - http://lowcost-healthinsurance.org/
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