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- From: dickw@IASTATE.EDU (Richard Wallingford)
- Subject: Rush -- Insurance and AIDS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.133453@IASTATE.EDU>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: dickw@IASTATE.EDU (Richard Wallingford)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:34:53 GMT
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- Rush was talking about people whose insurance gets canceled when it
- is found that they have AIDS. He thinks it's just fine that they're
- canceled because they caused their own condition (he used the analogy
- that fire insurance won't pay if you set your own house on fire).
-
- I don't think Rush understands insurance very well. First, his
- analogy is faulty because fire insurance *will* cover accidental
- fires started by the homeowner (i.e. grease fire) and most AIDS
- cases are contracted by accident (even if there is stupididty and
- ignorance involved).
-
- Second, if a person has health insurance *before* he/she gets AIDS,
- then the insurance company should be required to pay up to the maximum
- lifetime benefit of the policy. Risk is the whole principal behind
- insurance coverage. The insurance company is "betting" that you won't
- get sick and you're "betting" that you will. Both parties are agreeing
- to take the financial loss if they lose the "bet" by signing the policy!
-
- If the person has AIDS and is trying to get health insurance converage
- after the fact, then they should be denied because there is no risk
- to either party (Insuree is guaranteed to come out ahead and the
- insurer is guaranteed to loose money).
-
-
- On something totally unrelated, I've noticed that Rush has started
- making personal attacks on his enemies. For instance, he said
- Patsy Schroeder looks like she's constipated when she smiles (she does!).
- It's a very accurate description and her smile *is* extremely annoying
- but I'm worried about Rush loosing credibility by making these statements.
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- |Dick Wallingford | Internet: dickw@iastate.edu |
- |Center for NDE | Packet : wd0anb@n0an.ia.usa.na |
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