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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by raverbashing on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:02PM (#16284055)
Or you just say "yes, this trip was in the following dates and not during my claim, which you can see from (provided documentation or other posts you made)" (and you can also untag yourself from other people's photos)
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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by athenot on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:43PM (#16284474)
The problem is you'll never know what were the actual criteria used to deny your claim, it will remain some vague denial reason. Or you will get to know but after much back-and-forth during which it incumbs to you to pony up with that cash flow.

This opacity is just another form of information asymmetry, benefiting the large asset holders and negatively impacting the individuals.

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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by fludlight on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:48PM (#16284526)
The way to find out will be to (threaten to) sue your insurance company, which is costly in terms of time and money.
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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by dewski on Thursday February 01, 2018 @02:04PM (#16284703)
I would hate to have to go through the effort to try and sue my insurance company to get this information.
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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by pavel_lishin on Thursday February 01, 2018 @03:18PM (#16285473)
> which is costly in terms of time and money.

Yes; to you. The insurance company just has to figure out if it's cheaper to see you in court, or to pay for your medical claim.

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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by fludlight on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:43AM (#16289274)
Also, many people won't sue even if they have a legitimate claim.
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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by mfringel on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:38PM (#16284446)
Your usage of "just" implies an ease of action that is incongruous with the parties and the conflict.
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Re:Allstate uses social media to check claims by sctb on Thursday February 01, 2018 @08:01PM (#16287464)
Could you please post civilly and substantively, according to the guidelines?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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