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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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