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> Insurance was not supposed to work this way first of all.

Insurance is a mechanism to transfer risk, this is exactly how it works. Actuaries calculate risk, and then the insurance company sells a policy they think they can make money on based on the calculated risk.

US health insurance isn’t insurance, it’s just called insurance for whatever reason.



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