> gg wrote: > At some point my predispositions combined with my choices may get me > in so many accidents that I can't buy insurance. > > At some point my predispositions combined with my choices may get me > so unhealthy that I can't buy insurance. > > This is what Medicaid & Medicare should be for.
And actually, if it weren't for other factors, this is exactly what we'd have in America and it would work fine. The problem is the psychology created by: (1.) The employer-based insurance benefits. It's created a I-go-to-the-doctor-and-someone-else-pays psychology. Ever see a traveling salesman driving a crappy car? Why not? Some else is paying. (2.) God Complex. In polls people LOVE their doctors but HATE their mechanics. Aren't they the same job? Here's a poll where 50% completely trust their doctors but only 12% completely trust their mechanics. (a little data for Judah) http://www.harrisi.org/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=661 (3.) Point of Understanding. With cars, since we designed 'em, we understand them. There's new technology, but it's fairly linear. With biology we come from a point of ignorance thus technology is always growing to gather more data. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
