Medical Insurance as an Owner Operator

I'm looking for some help on better understanding an owner operator's options for medical insurance. I'm not a driver but rather to help a mid-sized Texas based trucking company improve their insurance offering to their owner operators.
I have helpd previous companies offer group medical products through the 4 major insurance carriers still left in Texas to their 1099 contractor workers, but it was a completely different industry. So here are my questions:
Are owner operators almost always (or even always) 1099 contractors, which are contracted to work for ABC Trucking company?
If so, as a 1099 contractor, does anyone on this thread get a Group medical insurance plan offered to them through the company their contracted with?
There are a lot of associations and even employers that offer "mini-medical" plans which are VERY watered down versions of a traditional medical plan offered through employers (deductibles, copays, no maximum or cap, etc...). However, I'm having a difficult time finding out if any (or many) trucking companies offer a major medical plan through their employer to their owner operator drivers.
Also, anyone can go to BCBS, UHC, etc... and get insurance on their own, but it's a watered down version of what's available through employers and sometimes is more expensive. I'm really looking to understand your options through the actually company you're contracted with.
I VERY much appreciate the help here. I really am trying to help the masses if it's doable.

CoachAW

 

Thank you to everyone for your responses as they help a lot. Bobtail makes a great point that medical insurance (group or individual) does vary vastly from state to state and to a certain degree, even within a state.
In Texas, BCBSTX will do group medical products for 1099 contractors but I haven't confirmed it yet if they view trucking any differently. I have a non-trucking client (medical) that is on BCBSTX and we offer group medical to the 1099s as well as the W2s. We just have to stay consistent with the offering.
I guess I get the impression that maybe only really large trucking outfits offer group medical plans to their owner operators? Can anyone weigh in on this?