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jeff47

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4. You could explain to him what insurance actually is.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 02:22 PM

Feb 2014

Insurance is paying for other people's services.

When you buy fire insurance, and your house doesn't burn down, you are paying the other people who did have their house burn down.

Likewise, paying for health insurance when you're healthy means you are paying for the other people who are sick. I'll never use the OB/GYN services in my health insurance - I'm male. Yet I'm paying for them. A woman on the same plan will never receive treatment for testicular cancer. But she's paying for it. And so on, and so on.

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Shaking my head at a Facebook discussion I've had with a friend. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 OP

You should introduce him to Manny. tridim Feb 2014 #1

:) Whisp Feb 2014 #7

for some reason that Dead or Alive song came in to my head reading your post............... lunasun Feb 2014 #2

? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #5

Minor point, but far more people ended up in the ER because they were uninsurable Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #3

You could explain to him what insurance actually is. jeff47 Feb 2014 #4

Exactly. The more people insured, the lower the cost because it is spread around. FSogol Feb 2014 #6

ask him if he has fire insurance on his house. n/t Whisp Feb 2014 #8

If he was a woman his name would be 'Mimi' Populist_Prole Feb 2014 #9