>"Is it better if it was you deciding ten years ago not to pay that extra premium for care you figured you'd never need -- but now you do?"
I would say "yes" to that question, if it's a specific "you" (meaning "me") rather than a general "you" (meaning "everyone").
I'm willing to put a price-tag on my own life. If someone said I needed a million dollars to survive beyond next month, whether it was a medical issue, or just an outright threat, I wouldn't try to raise the money. Granted, I'd try to find some other way around it, but ultimately, I would not want to live under a million-dollar debt. Especially since, after having somehow forked over that costly sum, I could still just as easily get run over by an SUV, or drop dead from some unforeseen and/or unknown ailment.
In theory, every day that I cut costs, whether on my car, or what I eat, or some other aspect of my existence, I'm putting a price on my existence, or at least gambling on it.
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I would say "yes" to that question, if it's a specific "you" (meaning "me") rather than a general "you" (meaning "everyone").
I'm willing to put a price-tag on my own life. If someone said I needed a million dollars to survive beyond next month, whether it was a medical issue, or just an outright threat, I wouldn't try to raise the money. Granted, I'd try to find some other way around it, but ultimately, I would not want to live under a million-dollar debt. Especially since, after having somehow forked over that costly sum, I could still just as easily get run over by an SUV, or drop dead from some unforeseen and/or unknown ailment.
In theory, every day that I cut costs, whether on my car, or what I eat, or some other aspect of my existence, I'm putting a price on my existence, or at least gambling on it.