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That's the point. An extreme event will be something that puts you out of work for at least a month, and for many people, they will no longer have a job after n
by revelation 13y ago
That's the point. An extreme event will be something that puts you out of work for at least a month, and for many people, they will no longer have a job after not working for a month. Since their insurance is coupled in intricate ways with their job, it ends when they need it most.
- oijaf888 13y agoRight but that has no bearing on if the concept of insurance is a scam or not. Sure, health insurance in this country is tied to a job due to WW2 wage controls but that doesn't invalidate the entire concept of insurance.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoDoes it really matter if the pure concept of something is not a scam when the embodied culture of it clearly is?
- 001sky 13y agoIts a con, not a scam. If that matters. But then again, a con is but a technique to scam someone. So, by this logic...
- fit2rule 13y agoMafia: Pay us, or else something bad will happen and you will not survive it. Insurance: Pay us, or else WHEN something bad happens, you will not survive it. Understand the nature of the con now? Industrialized medicine never has the individuals' best needs in mind.