• gregorum@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Strange, as you’ve clearly laid out the odds, risks, etc. and you’re betting your life on your supposed “beliefs”.

    Sure sounds like gambling to me…

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        6 months ago

        A risk assessment is a normal part of gambling. You’re just describing games, like the one you’re playing now to rationalize your gambling with your own life by avoiding getting any sort of health insurance.

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        6 months ago

        Insurance is by definition not gambling. It is only indemnity. The reality is that without insurance you are gambling that you’ll get to keep the money you didn’t spend on insurance and not be financially ruined.

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            6 months ago

            That’s not how health insurance works. You would never get more than your medical costs and would almost always get less.

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                6 months ago

                but as a single policy-holder there is a good chance they will pay me more then I pay out making it gambling.

                But the risk isn’t health insurance vs gambling. That’s a straw man, as not having health insurance is already gambling, and you’re trying to change the argument because your previous reasoning was shown to be faulty.

                Nice try.