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It's an interesting problem. The point of insurance is to pool risk -- if "healthy" people have their own pool, the pool will need to pay out less, and therefor
by parliament32 8y ago
It's an interesting problem. The point of insurance is to pool risk -- if "healthy" people have their own pool, the pool will need to pay out less, and therefore be cheaper.
But this has its inverse: the "normal" pool now becomes the "not healthy" pool. It'll have to pay out more, therefore cost more.
If life insurance was mandatory for whatever reason, this would be a no-brainer. But assuming that health/life insurance is optional, do "healthy" people have an obligation to subsidize "not healthy" people's risk pools?