MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago23andMe’s entire board resigned on the same day. Founder Anne Wojcicki still thinks the startup is savablefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down13
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-link23andMe’s entire board resigned on the same day. Founder Anne Wojcicki still thinks the startup is savablefortune.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoLiterally the entire point of insurance is that everyone pays into a pool which is used to subsidize the people with bad luck who will have to claim more than their peers.
minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoBut what if you can choose your pool?
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYou don’t. You don’t pick your genetics, your family, the accidents that happen in your life, or even (to a certain extent) your environment. If you want to save money on health insurance, stop letting insurance and healthcare companies fuck all of us for their own profit.
Literally the entire point of insurance is that everyone pays into a pool which is used to subsidize the people with bad luck who will have to claim more than their peers.
But what if you can choose your pool?
You don’t. You don’t pick your genetics, your family, the accidents that happen in your life, or even (to a certain extent) your environment.
If you want to save money on health insurance, stop letting insurance and healthcare companies fuck all of us for their own profit.