10-05-2013, 03:25 AM
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Originally posted by rainyjim
Insurance is a scam, if it wasn't they wouldn't be making it mandatory. Manage your money wisely and don't live in fear. Insurance is an unconcious addmitance of living in fear - most often fear of something that will never happen.
I wish I could convince people X calamity would befall them if they don't pay me Y amount of dollars. What a scam.
You've obviously never received a stack of mail consisting mostly of medical bills, the first one opened being a payment demand of over $108,000.00. I have. Fortunately, the insurance company paid it.
My mother-in-law's chemotherapy was $13,000.00 per dose. I'm not saying that there is anything right about medical care in the United States. I only know that insurance is the only reason we didn't go bankrupt.