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Highly hypothetical - to the extreme. How would any insurance co. know if it's me, or someone else in the household? Also afaik health insurance is mainly a US
by axod 16y ago
Highly hypothetical - to the extreme. How would any insurance co. know if it's me, or someone else in the household?
Also afaik health insurance is mainly a US phenomenon thank god.
- epi0Bauqu 16y agohttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704648604575620750998072986.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870464860457562... There are lots of ways this could play out. If you go to the site and register (increasingly likely), they might be able to detect you individually. Secondly, providers are starting to line up data by email address and other personal facts, so they may be able to match you like that. But even if they aren't absolutely sure it is you, they can still use the information to put you in different initial pools that could be used, for example, to ask you more specific follow-up questions that then put you in different risk pools.
- axod 16y agoIt's a tangential question, but why shouldn't insurers be able to know a fair amount about you to assess risk? If you're endlessly searching for cancer cures, perhaps they should be aware of that. Of course the solution is the US is universal health care for all. But that's never going to happen.