Have you tried exploring health insurance options through a PEO?
A professional employer organization is a company that handles the HR and non mission critical hr related functions of a business. They have a unique relationship with their clients and are able to "pool" together their clients under one large group program creating economies of scale that give small (5-25ees) companies access to fortune 500 benefits that then would have not had access to before.
With that said, work comp is usually cheaper and the PEO's large group benefit plan will often be cheaper than what you may get on your own and also costs will be controlled better on an annual basis with the size of the group.
I represent many PEO's across the nation and can help if you would like to explore this as a solutions to not only help with providing benefits but payroll, HR, benefit administration, work comp insurance etc...
to learn more about the industry visit our associations website as napeo.org
If you need any help from me, just kindly send me a message.