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Old 04-15-2009, 06:16 PM   #302
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Originally Posted by tirsales View Post
And I do hope that you never have an accident (this is NOT ironic).
I really needed my insurance at the age of 16 - not because I was ill, simply because I had a .. can-it-become-more-annoying accident.

Real question: What means "adopting a school"?
Just one accident, and since he ran me down with his car I never worried about it. (That, and my uncle is a lawyer.)

Adopting school means I donate school supplies and books. Most of the schools have rather sad libraries.

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Originally Posted by zerospinboson View Post
I see. But then you would also, out of principle, need to refuse any treatment that costs more than the total amount you've paid in insurance premiums by the time you get sick.
Um, no. That has nothing to do with it.

When I finally get insurance, I will be betting that my medical costs will be higher than the cost of insurance. Right now I am betting that my expenses will be less than the cost of insurance. I've won that bet for 12 years running.

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And considering any hospital stay (including freak car accidents and appendicitis etc.) will easily set you back 20-40.000$, I doubt you will want to get sick, as there is almost no way you could've "paid" for that by the time you got sick. Or will you then rationalize the fact that others are paying part of your health care by saying "but now that I've bought this "insurance" thing it doesn't matter that I'm still receiving more than is my "due""? Or will you rationalize it by saying "hospital costs are unreasonably high"?

Any complications, and.. well, there's your first chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.
I have no idea what you are basing your argument on. It makes no sense whatsoever, nor is it in any way related to my previous post..
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