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by teeray 1941 days ago
Most unexpected high costs like this are covered by some insurance product. Why is this an exception? For example: consumer bets that they will have an insane bill at some point, policy writer bets they won’t and a premium for this bet is established. Premiums can be adjusted by the $/KW threshold at which point the policy takes effect, and inevitably some deductible.