NODE 8e53c447Re: Protocols for Insuran
nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:57:01 +0800
alan@ctrl-alt-del.com wrote:
> Actually, the real "sucker rates" are the amounts small >
> businesses pay for insurance.
> The big businesses (who can buy in bulk) get a pretty reasonable
> deal for what they get. The smaller companies who cannot
> bargain the price down get screwed. (The rate my wife's
> employer was paying was close to double what my insurance costs
> and it covered ALOT less.)
> I seriously doubt that most people could afford to self-insure
> at the going rate. (Not unless they have some serious income
> they want to get rid of.)
Think of this as "evolution in action" <G>