I’m trying to understand a health insurance policy. Can someone help me answer a few questions.

Hi everyone. I’m hoping you can help me understand how to make the wisest insurance decision.

I currently have international insurance through GeoBlue (I live overseas). I am considering expanding this coverage to include the US, thus insuring both domestic and international treatment. But i am a bit confused by a few things. First off, this company is not aligned with the ACA and they cannot even send mail to my US address cuz they’re banned in my state. This was a red flag at first, but they came highly recommended for their international insurance so I signed up with them. But now that I want US coverage too, as I’ll be in the US a bit more this year, I’m not sure what to do. If I expand coverage, I’d have a one-plan covers all policy, but this non-ACA/ “we can’t send mail to your state’ thing spooks me a bit. The thought of not having reliable insurance if something happens is super scary. Can someone help me understand how dangerous it would be to have a policy like this? If I were to ever need serious treatment for something, I’d likely do it in the US. But buying two separate baseline health plans (one domestic, one international) seems cost prohibitive.

Also, on an unrelated topic, what happens if you get sick right as your insurance is expiring? Insurance is typically signed up for on a yearly basis, right? So let’s say you’re in month 11 and you get diagnosed with cancer or something. Can the insurance company just decide not to renew? Are you essentially screwed in that case? If so, what can I do to protect against such things?

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I know these questions are a bit naive, but thank you very much for any insights you can offer!