From: Secret Squirrel <nobody@secret.squirrel.owl.de>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 14:28:36 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Protocols for Insurance to Maintain Privacy
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Tim May wrote:
>>I'm pretty sure that if you are an unconscious wealthy looking
>>person they don't turn you away.  You really only need to survive
>>until your lawyer gets to the hospital with a suitcase of cash.
>
>Read "The Millionaire Next Door" for tips on what millionaires (who
>are of course the "barely non-poor" these days) are likely to be
>wearing and flaunting. Turns out that most Yuppies driving BMWs and
>wearning Rolexes are doing so on _credit_. Driving a Mercedes or BMW
>has nothing to do with actual ability to pay bills.

Perception, not reality, is what is important here.  A wealthy
appearing person will generally fare better.

It's true, however, that you are probably better off with proof of
insurance than an expensive watch when being wheeled into the
emergency room.  (Except for your privacy, that is.)

Monty Cantsin
Editor in Chief
Smile Magazine
http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html
http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm

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