Topix Underground

This whole business of obtaining medical coverage is so ridiculously convoluted and inefficient it would be comical if the ramifications were not so dire.  I have no idea what we are applying to who for what. The Marketplace?  Why am I worrying about tax forms and insurance companies when trying to figure out if we actually have the option of seeking treatment in case of a medical event?
It is wilfully neglectful that the US healthcare system is such a disgraceful mess.  In every other arena of human endeavour - science, education, space travel, technology - the United States is light-years ahead of every other country or group of countries yet we stand out as having the most costly and inefficient healthcare systems among developed nations.