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luvdemboomers
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Life insurance discrimination
#22225051 - 09/11/15 11:31 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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My uncle is a former iv drug user with Hep C, type ii diabetes, and glaucoma. He's been in and out of rehabs for the past 20 years but he now has a few months clean and is getting his life together. Anyways he went to take out a life insurance policy in case anything happens (he owes 220k on a house and has 70k in other debt, as well as a wife and 6 children) or he relapses again and OD's. They wanted 170 a month! Thats tenfold higher than what it should be he even got a quote lying about his information and it was only 22 a month. He is clearly being discriminated against for his disease and misfortunes. This is not fair at all. It's no different than discrimination based on gender or religion and the government needs to step in and put a stop to this injustice going on in america. Can he sue for this?
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How would they make any money if it was not this way?
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: dixienormous]
#22225088 - 09/11/15 11:40 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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They are not a charity bro
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luvdemboomers
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: dixienormous]
#22225096 - 09/11/15 11:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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dixienormous said: How would they make any money if it was not this way?
They need to average out the rate that it is the same for everyone. It might be higher for a lot of people, but at least no one is being discriminated against! This is the injustice that happens in a capitalist society.
Edited by luvdemboomers (09/11/15 11:42 PM)
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Their prices grow the more likely it is you'll die in the near future.. That's just how it works. It's not discrimination.
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: Shroomslip]
#22225203 - 09/12/15 12:08 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I mean that's how insurance companies work. More risk, more cost.
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luvdemboomers
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: The Moose]
#22225213 - 09/12/15 12:10 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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but thats not faiiir they need to do it like obama care
Make everyone get life insurance and the people that make more can foot some of the bill for people plagued with misfortune like my uncle
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If zappa or pris find their way here, this thread is going places.
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Obviously a sick addict has higher insurance costs, thats how insurance works. That what actuaries do, they assess the risk of a person and the higher the risk of death and illness the higher the cost of insurance.
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: Moonshoe]
#22225424 - 09/12/15 01:19 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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life insurance is all a scam, it should be if you get it really young and keep it your entire life it should be one set rate and should be affordable at the very least when you get old. instead they sucker people into low rates starting out, and by time you get ready to die you have to drop it. if you get it when your older its way to expensive, either way your screwed.
if you want life insurance setup your own saving account for it, and have auto withdraw, that's the only real way unless you think you'll die early for some reason then insurance actually works
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Quote:
luvdemboomers said: but thats not faiiir they need to do it like obama care
Make everyone get life insurance and the people that make more can foot some of the bill for people plagued with misfortune like my uncle
Don't even start to compare health insurance and with life insurance. They are two completely different products.
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: Shroomslip]
#22225706 - 09/12/15 03:42 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Shroomslip said: Their prices grow the more likely it is you'll die in the near future.. That's just how it works. It's not discrimination.
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: Shiithead]
#22225816 - 09/12/15 05:32 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Insurence general is a scam, a really bad system for the non profiting
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Your uncles life long bad choices aren't misfortune. Life insurance isn't a right.
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luvdemboomers
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Re: Life insurance discrimination [Re: Sun King]
#22226771 - 09/12/15 11:53 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I guess I fail at satire
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poes law, bitches
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