Minimum essential coverage is what you have to have in order to avoid the ACA's penalty for being uninsured, and all major medical health insurance plans count as minimum essential coverage. (verywell.com)
Most of these coverage options were never designed to serve as stand - alone coverage — they were meant to be supplemental to a major medical health insurance plan. (verywell.com)
The majority of medical health insurance plans do not cover out of country medical expenses. (policybazaar.com)