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I also read this as one of the most important points in the article. I wonder if requiring insurance companies to accept all customers, regardless of risk or p
by furyg3 17y ago
I also read this as one of the most important points in the article.
I wonder if requiring insurance companies to accept all customers, regardless of risk or pre-existing conditions, would create incentives for insurers to promote more preventative care.
Since customers could still switch providers, insurers wouldn't know whether or not they'd be holding the short straw when the customer gets sick in 10 years, but that wouldn't matter since they'd have the same chance as any other insurer of 'reap[ing] the cost-saving benefits' of their own preventative care.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoUnless the insurance company holds 50% market share, the odds are pretty high that they won't reap the purported benefits of preventative care. If a companies market share is 10%, their odds of reaping the benefits of P(customer switches) x 10%. Regardless, I'm not sure how an insurance company will manage to get people to eat less and exercise more.