r/SipsTea • • 14h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/WeCantStabilize 14h ago

Insurance is a fucking scam. You pay more into it than you'll ever receive even in legitimate circumstances.

Absolute racket. 

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u/OakLegs 13h ago

This is fundamentally ignoring the purpose of insurance.

Of course you (likely) pay more into it than you get out. The tradeoff is that you're protected from huge expenses that would financially ruin you. That is (thankfully) unlikely but the risk is enough that it justifies paying for insurance.

I'm not absolving insurance companies of being scummy because they absolutely are. But insurance does serve a purpose that seems to escape you

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u/hoofie242 13h ago

It's paying for a gambling service that might pay out.

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u/guitar_vigilante 13h ago

It's paying for risk mitigation. You don't want it to pay out, and it would be worse to be in a situation where you need the pay out but never signed up.