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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: Rush -- Insurance and AIDS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.051919.22370@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 05:19:19 GMT
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- (vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
- : dickw@IASTATE.EDU (Richard Wallingford) writes:
- :
- : >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!
- :
- : Hmm.. Ever considered this alternate scenario? The insurance company
- : is investing in your health like it is stock. When the value of that
- : stock is beginning to decline they sell it off.
-
- Say what? It's my money. I pay them. What, exactly is the insurance company
- "investing"?
-
- [Lot's of stuff deleted because I have not studied the health care issue]
-
- : >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.
- :
- : Have you heard what these same people have been saying about Rush for
- : all this time? Guess I can't begrudge him this.
-
- No, what has Patricia Schroeder said?
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