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Health insurance doesn't have a terrible reputation in the US?

• dx034 8y ago
  Most health insurance companies do but not all. And of Non-life insurance companies (property, car) there's generally not such a bad perception. But I'm not based in the US so can't say. At least in Europe, most people are not the biggest fan of insurances but they recognise the need for them.
  • scruple 8y ago
    Allstate and State Farm famously skipped insurance payouts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. More recently, victims of the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, CA are locked in a legal battle with their property insurers. I agree with you that you _must_ have it, regardless of personal feelings or perception, but it's very far from perfect and probably very far from most measures of "good," too.
    • dx034 8y ago
      Maybe it's because I'm based in Europe. It doesn't appear to be the same to me here. Insurances obviously also try to prevent paying out but that's mostly in unclear cases or where there was some fault. All cases I know from friends & family were paid rather quickly..