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That's the right way to think about it when choice is involved, for example smoking. You choose to smoke, you belong in a high risk pool. But if it's something
by ip26 7y ago
That's the right way to think about it when choice is involved, for example smoking. You choose to smoke, you belong in a high risk pool. But if it's something that could happen to any one of us, then we all belong in the same pool. We know a congenital heart defect is going to be expensive- but any one of us could have been born with one.
I think there is a coming fight over whether insurance can pool & price discriminate based on other things too, like healthy eating or active vs sedentary lifestyle. Eating junk food & laying on the couch your whole life has always been high risk but now with technology it could be measured & priced.