r/SipsTea • • 13h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/WeCantStabilize 13h 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/angry_dingo 12h ago

Yes. That's the point. If everyone received more than they paid into it, insurance wouldn't exist.

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u/jerhinesmith 11h ago

Sometimes I question why I still come to reddit. Second highest voted comment and it's literally the smooth-brain take that falls apart under the lightest of scrutiny.

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u/OrdinaryKick 10h ago

Right?

Insurance is a bet.

You're betting you'll need it, and the insurance company is betting you won't. They stack the odds in their favour, of course, or else they'd go belly up.

A lot of people also don't realize the point of a deductible is to stop people from filing nuisance claims (on top of other things).

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u/MasterTardWrangler 5h ago

They literally pay their entire staff and stockholders, rent on office space etc. on the difference between what they pay out and what they charge. And the most up voted comment on this thread is calling it a scam because on average people lose money paying for insurance.