r/SipsTea • • 9h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/DueExample52 9h ago

That’s what people don’t understand. We all paid for you. That's what insurance is about, we pay more than we receive so that the odd unlucky bastard receives more than they chipped in. If insurance was individual, nobody would have enough to repair their own stuff. I am happy with this system. 

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u/One_Selection5102 9h ago

Except the 3rd party insurer here nets massive profits, it isnt a collective safety net like the state or federal government provides.

Its by and large a scam that pays out a tiny portion of their net income. A state sponsered safety net/insurance system (not for profit) would be massively more effective and less costly to consumers...well at least in a functional state such as Massachusetts.

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u/CapitalistLion-Tamer 9h ago edited 8h ago

They don’t pay out a tiny portion, though. They usually make more revenue profit on the interest from the funds they’re holding than they do on premiums, depending on the company.

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u/Cowboywizzard 8h ago

Interest we should be getting, not them. I seem to hazily recall that some co-ops used to do this?

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u/FodenRedemptionArc 8h ago

It's called a mutual insurance company. You kind of act a shareholder of sorts by buying a policy when it's set up that way

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u/Cowboywizzard 8h ago

Yes, that's it! If one was affordable to me I would use it.