• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    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.

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                6 months ago

                I’m not the one here with difficulty understanding what the word “gamble” means.

                Hope this helps:

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                    You’re “beliefs” - as you’ve explained them - appear to be based on a complete lack of knowledge of what insurance is, what it’s for, or how it works as well as several attempts to redefine the word “gambling” tp what fits your “beliefs.” None of your “beliefs” are supported by the facts— they’re complete contradicted by them.

                    What are you getting out of this, by telling me I’m wrong in my beliefs and expanding the definition of gambling to literally anything?

                    you’re spreading false information (your “beliefs”) as fact which could be harmful to others of they’re foolish enough to believe you. I don’t have to gain something in return just to do the right thing by posting the correct information on response. Life isn’t some zero-sum game where I have to be motivate by personal gain simply because your feelings got hurt.

                    Oh, and I didn’t define gambling— the dictionary did. Blaming me for pointing that out is juvenile. Your interpretations of those definitions are entirely on you.