Paying for health insurance

I'm getting ready to retire in a few months, not quite 63. I'm learning how expensive insurance is, and if I went on Cobra through my employer it will cost nearly $1500 per month for the 2 of us, and I've also learned that through Obamacare if you keep your taxable income (you have to include Social Security) below $64080 a year you can get almost a $1200 a month credit--resulting in almost a $500 per month premium but with huge deductibles. I hope the current administration doesn't ruin this. Trying to keep politics out of this but I'm all for universal healthcare.
JK