According to Luca Lorenzoni, from the OECD in Paris, France, one of the study authors, «The USA are an outlier in the scenery of OECD healthcare systems, for their staggering levels of expenditure, the extent of fragmentation of their system and the sheer complexity of its administration, the power of vested interests, and the large number of people left
without adequate health insurance coverage.
Unpaid medical bills can become a problem for anyone — even for people who believe they are prepared for a medical emergency or believe they have
adequate health insurance coverage.
The Affordable Care Act individual responsibility payment (the penalty for failing to have
adequate health insurance coverage) is permanently repealed starting in 2019.
You may be able to waive it if you have
adequate health insurance coverage; ask your insurer.
The take away from this report that you must buy
an adequate health insurance coverage that offers good healthcare services even after 12 - 15 percent inflation.