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I lived in South Florida for 26 years.

I paid anywhere from 3-6 times more for homeowners insurance there than I do now.

Despite the fact that my Florida house was concrete block construction built to extremely demanding codes enacted in 1992.

Why the higher rates for a much-stronger house? Because it had the pre-existing condition of sitting 24 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, where hurricanes tend to be.

 

It's enough to make you want to go punt a ball.

 

But we sure showed them Irakees! And Halliburton got rich!!

 

Sometime if you read all the words closely the meaning changes, particularly when they are making a public comment about things which are classified..

 

If you moved, your home insurance rates would drop.

If you moved, your health insurance rate wouldn't.

 

My bad. You are right. Misread a lengthy chart in small type. Sorry.

 

Listen, I know it's not "fair" that people have a choice about where they live and rarely are at fault for their pre-existing health conditions.

But that IS how insurance works. High-risk = higher premiums.

State Farm hasn't written a new policy in South Florida or Tampa Bay since Andrew hit in 1992.

 

Under what system is this not true?

 

You can control where you live. You cannot always control whether you get sick or injured.

 

As I said above, it's not fair. But that IS the business.

Let's say you worked for an auto-insurance company.

Guy comes in, wants insurance. Seems like an intelligent, level-headed guy. But you notice he's had 59 reports of accidents in his past. You ask him about it.

"Yeah, I really am a good driver. But I have this health condition whereby I can black out suddenly and without warning. Damndest thing. But it only lasts for a few seconds, though. But yeah, it has caused me to run into a few things on the road."

You gonna write him a policy?

BTW, homeowners in Florida was actually quite reasonable until the mid-2000s, when they had a bad couple of years with hurricanes, and people saw their rates quadruple (or worse).

Yeah, you have a "choice" where you live. But are you ready to pack up and leave a well-paying job just because your insurance rates are going through the roof? Is that "fair" to ask of people?

 

Think I'll drop this right here.

GOP lawmaker: those with pre-existing conditions may need to move