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AspiringRationalist comments on What makes buying insurance rational? - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: rayalez 31 March 2016 08:50PM

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Comment author: AspiringRationalist 04 April 2016 05:45:12AM 2 points [-]

If someone else is subsidizing the insurance, that can make it worthwhile.

In the U.S. You can often find the amount of the employer subsidy footer am insurance policy if you read the details of it. Also you pay for employer based health insurance (I think including dental and vision) with pre-tax dollars, which is in effect a government subsidy.