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bucolic_frolic

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3. Is anyone surprised?
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 10:00 AM
Feb 2023

Insurance of anything is a money-making enterprise. Began with Lloyd's of London. You pay insurers to take the risk, and they rake in profits off making you sleep well. It's not always a bad deal. Most of us don't have the financial capacity to underwrite our own medical payments even in healthy periods. But still, in the aggregate it's about money.

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