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Re:A Petabyte of Health Insurance Prices Per Month – Why is ... by calibas on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @03:26PM (#36686062)
They made a ridiculously complex and obscure system because it was insanely profitable. It's not really stupidity or maliciousness that's responsible, but simple greed.
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Re:A Petabyte of Health Insurance Prices Per Month – Why is ... by ryandrake on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @04:47PM (#36687001)
Yea, we need a corollary to Hanlon: Never attribute to malice OR stupidity that which can be explained by greed.
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