<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

Hey /r/personalfinance  

I'm a systems engineer for a small software company in Florida and am currently in the process of moving to a contractor with my company. My wife and I are moving to North Carolina where she is going to Pharmacy School and my company and I determined my role would move to a contracting rather then a w2.  

Now I have never actually worked on a 1099 before, and have done some research about the different expenses that come with working on 1099 compared to a w2.  
I am in the process of setting up a LLC to which I will be set up on 1099 with my employer. Now I am understand that I will become responsible for playing my FICA(?) taxes in addition to my standard withholding's. I also understand that I will have to pay my own taxes directly to the IRS each quarter.
I also understand that I will be responsible for my own Health insurance (or pay the penalty).  
Are there any other glaring differences that I am missing? I just want to be as prepared as possible for this shift. We have already negotiated a rate of $150/hr compared to the 60k I was making on w2. This will probably last 6 months as I train the remainder of my team on my responsibilities.  

Does it sound like I have everything covered? If not, what am I missing? I want to make sure I am as prepared as possible to make this transition.  

On a side note, what is currently the best ways to purchase personal insurance? Are we required to go directly to the marketplace, or can we still directly contact private insurance companies? Whats the recommending way to go about this... Forgive me, I have not done much research on that yet.
<bot>: Moving from FL to NC and transitioning into a 1099 role compared to W2, what do I need to know? Also how do I find Health Insurance?