To add to this, the absurdity of the 'healthcare' system in the US is made even more apparent as a non-US citizen buying health insurance for (long-term) intern

To add to this, the absurdity of the 'healthcare' system in the US is made even more apparent as a non-US citizen buying health insurance for (long-term) international travel. Firstly (loosely regulated) insurance is an absolutely stupid way to provide healthcare. Pre-existing conditions? Maybe you just don't deserve to live, either way we're witholding life-saving care from you because our tables say so. Need to claim near the start of your cover? You must be lying about pre-existing conditions. Need to fix something that wasn't acute enough to seek care about previously? Nope, no cover for you. And on and on and on. Anyone who thinks an insurance market is a solution for healthcare is just an idiot, there's no way around that. (I realise some universal systems run on a private insurance basis but they're a lot more regulated) But then, even in that entirely messed up system, designed to cut you off from urgently needed medical care, all policies are divided into 'regions'. There's not much cost difference between regions until you get to any region "including the US". It's even named, the only country in the world they do that for. That's how badly those guys have messed up their healthcare system. And if you select that? It's at least double the cost, for no extra cover in terms of policy limits. That for me clarified that, no, I wasn't missing anything. Anyone who supports the current US system is so far removed from the commonly inhabited reality that none of their opinions are worth listening to.