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S E23: Private Information - I Know Something You Don’t Know

Think Like An Economist

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Insurance Against Divorce Is Good for People Who Think They're Going to Need It

People in stable marriages aren't going to consider getting insurance against divorce. But if your marriage is on the rocks and you think you'll be getting divorced sometime soon, well it makes a lot of cents to take out Insurance against divorce. The only people who are going to buy this type of insurance are the sorts of people whowill need it, and are therefore likely to get pay outs. Exactly this sort of insurance company will end up making a heck of a lot of payments. It's actually a problem in the insurance market in general that high risk people like insurance the most. Yet, and i'm wondering, does this happen in health insurance? It's exactly what i was thinking about

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