• Endymion_Mallorn
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    193 months ago

    We should stop calling it “insurance”, it doesn’t ensure anything. We should call it what it is - a protection racket. Either that, or we could refer to it as “medical loans” - of course, it’s all paid in advance, in many installments. Oh wait. That’s just defining a protection racket again, isn’t it?

      • Endymion_Mallorn
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        13 months ago

        Oh no, each claim is a new loan application. You pay in your premium to have the right to apply.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      It’s a protection racket similar to the mob, except the mob has scruples and will actually protect you if you pay up. If you don’t pay up, broken kneecaps.

      Health insurance is just paying for broken kneecaps. If the mob ran healthcare we’d have better outcomes than we currently do, let’s be real.