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On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 11:53:36PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> At 11:06 PM -0500 10/17/00, Neil Johnson wrote:
> >Yes, I can see it now.
> >
> >"I'm sorry I have to tell you this Mr. & Mrs. May, but the genetic
> >tests required by your insurance company have revealed that your
> >unborn child has a 65% chance of developing an expensive to treat
> >and possibly severely debilitating condition requiring many
> >operations, doctor visits, therapy, special equipment, round the
> >clock nursing. etc.
> >
> >Since we have already passed this information on to your insurance
> >company as required by the terms of your policy, they are
> >recommending and will pay you to terminate the pregnancy and to have
> >both you and your husband sterilized. Otherwise they will not pay
> >for your pre-natal care, the delivery, or any future treatment of
> >your child.
> >
> >Of course you can opt for our "High Genetic Risk Policy" at $XXXXX
> >thousands of dollars a month (which is probably equal to or more
> >expensive than the cost of paying for the possible medical costs on
> >your own IF the condition occurs. Which you would, since
> >Medicare/Medicaid was ended in the last round of "Compassionate
> >Conservatism").
>
> And what is wrong with this? Nothing that I can see.
>
> Alice the Insurer is free to set her rates as she wishes, and even to
> require tests. Bob the Prospective Insured is free to shop elsewhere.
>
Where elsewhere? What alternative does Bob have? If it is cheaper
for companies to not insure him, they won't. And then we have a
public health crises.
> What has drawn so many of you socialist creeps to this list in the
> past few months? Did "Mother Jones" give out subscription information
> recently?
I came because I'm interested in (though admittedly naieve about)
cryptography, and I like debating with people who hold different
opinions than I do.
>
> Wait until you finally grasp the full implications of crypto anarchy.
>
>
>
>
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