I've always maintained that the outcome of a given system relates directly to the incentives you've set up for the system. The incentives in health insurance are such that these people increase their profits by decreasing their payouts: they make more money by denying the service that they are paid to provide. Perverse incentives like that will eventually create a situation where no one receives the insurance they're paying for. The fundamental premise of a large private health insurance industry is flawed.

That said, for a bastard, it's a hell of a way to make money. (If you were one, Beck, I think we've had plenty of ideas already for a bastard who wants to make a quick buck; insurance seems like one of the hardest ones to get started with.)

The math of insurance - god I hate insurance...

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Now that I've had a few minutes to think about it, I still hate it, but I need a few willing investors to raise capital to start our own free money train. Anyone interested?

Who's interested in checking out Heritage Days? A bunch of us are thinking of heading down on Sunday afternoon.

(Note: there is a 99% chance that Percy will be in attendance.)

Par maybe it was better that we didn't see.

Deleted? What the what??

Matt. You are a dead man.

Just a little something cool I dug up while surfing:



Iron man the anime!