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Cancer when left untreated costs the insurance a lot of money, even if only for palliative care. Suicide on the other hand is a one-time event with minimal, if
by warkdarrior 2y ago
Cancer when left untreated costs the insurance a lot of money, even if only for palliative care. Suicide on the other hand is a one-time event with minimal, if any, insurance cost. It's a trivial business decision.
- feoren 2y agoSomeone who has killed themselves is no longer paying you a monthly premium.
- Kamq 2y agoIn the US, the insurance is probably through (and mostly paid for by) the employer. As long as the employer hires a replacement, they're back to where they were. As depressing as it is, I bet there's a table out there that covers this (and the risk that the replacement is poached from some other company that pays the same insurance company).