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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eh, no, surely not. Pool the risk and only pay for your share of the risk. Somebody takes some risk in that, because statistics don’t always pan out, even at large, so the risk taker gets a return. Literally couldn’t be further from a “scam” - it’s one of the few amazing upsides to using money instead of bartering.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry I should say "private insurance" specifically health-insurance.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

Ah right. Yeah US healthcare is utterly fucked. I’m very happy to live in a place with decent public healthcare, even if the local government is trying to screw it over.