Going to Australia and NZ earlier this year was when I finally had to admit that there is absolutely no justifiable reason why we have such a shitty system in t

Going to Australia and NZ earlier this year was when I finally had to admit that there is absolutely no justifiable reason why we have such a shitty system in the US. I paid out of pocket for an MRI because it was cheaper than anything I would have gotten in the US with insurance. The end-to-end experience was great. I returned to find that I couldn't enroll in health insurance until 2019 unless I joined a company as a fulltime employee, resulting in a terrifying 6-month coverage gap where the only option was BOTH paying the lack-of-coverage penalty AND paying for shit "no way they're reimbursing anything" temporary coverage from an agency that didn't even send an insurance card. Our system is undeniably and unjustifiably fucked.