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Important info (though not the proof or the statistics that we are waiting for) November 4, 2013 12:31 pm alcaray

If you don’t shop properly, you will pay more than you should (more of a truism than something specific to this situation).  If you believe the advertising from your existing carrier, it suits that carrier’s ends and not yours.  They will mislead you to suit their ends, and this deceit feeds into the hysteria.

Two well-documented cases plus interview of related authorities.

  • Cool by RobVG 2013-11-04 20:49:07
    • "Deceit" by TB 2013-11-04 21:20:41
      • What occupies my mind and in what percentages... and whether the percentages are correct... by alcaray 2013-11-05 11:34:42
        • Do the math. by TB 2013-11-05 11:59:06
          • The insurance companies do not currently have the info to do the math. Only a liar would say that he does. by alcaray 2013-11-05 12:07:40
            • Was Gruber lying then? by TB 2013-11-05 12:20:04
              • Were you? by alcaray 2013-11-05 13:08:51
                • I know someone who was. by TB 2013-11-05 17:25:06
        • People will listen to what they want to hear. by RobVG 2013-11-04 21:49:46
          • Some pay more; some pay less; some pay the same. by alcaray 2013-11-05 11:37:41
            • I didn't present any numbers did I? by RobVG 2013-11-05 17:13:51
              • You said "all people are talking about". I thought you might be talking about me, so I clarified my position. by alcaray 2013-11-05 18:31:47
                • I didn't mean you. Mainly prominent people in the news. Also I've started to listen to NPR. by RobVG 2013-11-06 08:27:49
      • Did you read the actual letters (linked in the article)? by TB 2013-11-04 14:35:27
        • I looked at them as opposed to reading them. by alcaray 2013-11-05 11:50:10
          • "I certainly did not go to their websites. How is that pertinent when the accusation was about their marketing?" by TB 2013-11-05 12:47:53
            • Next time you make the "they refuse to note the facts" argument, please recall this thread. by alcaray 2013-11-05 13:10:26
        • We'll see by FrankC 2013-11-04 14:24:21
          • Insurance companies have just as hard a time as anyone predicting the future, when there's a big change to take account of. by alcaray 2013-11-05 12:18:45
            • Individuals predict the future... by FrankC 2013-11-05 14:07:51
              • And using the very best data they have available. And it is always a gamble. by alcaray 2013-11-05 16:58:11
            • I agree by SteveS 2013-11-05 06:39:09
              • Then there's the "generation war." by TB 2013-11-05 08:48:53
                • And rewriting history for the new generation by SteveS 2013-11-05 09:21:34
                  • To be fair, the signmaker might have been thinking "small-d" democrat. by TB 2013-11-05 09:43:20

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