From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:57:01 +0800
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Subject: Re: Protocols for Insuran
Message-ID: <199710311224.NAA13370@basement.replay.com>
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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>