"If I get cancer, I have to wait 30 days before my treatment is covered. I can't get counseling, mental health care, or treatment for substance abuse issues, and the plan doesn't cover prescription drugs. And you can forget about obesity treatments, LASIK, sex-change operations, childbirth, or abortion, dentistry, or eyeglasses. If I get injured while participating in college sports or the rodeo, I'm on my own."
— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, comparing Affordable Care Act compliant health plans with unregulated short-term plans