[sennight]

huh, would that be part of the jewel encrusted platinum insurance plan? Because I've always just assumed that once you started getting into the experimental drug desperation phase - insurance carriers were totally off the hook for the what would otherwise be an infinite increase in their risk exposure. It sure would be nice if there wasn't such a massive asymmetry in pricing data.

[throwaway894345]

Why are you coming at me like I invented cancer?

[sennight]

Why are you so sensitive? Unless you are an insurance provider incarnate - nothing I said was critical of you. Now... if I were to being going after you, I'd imagine it would be because of the hamfisted "Making the world a better place, through <insert profit motivated activity here>." You can just want money, it is perfectly natural in a world full priced things, and I don't imagine the self deception is good for you.

[throwaway894345]

This is just baseless, predictable cynicism, devoid of any understanding of basic economics. Someone is doing good work for society and making money? Insert boilerplate remark about how greedy they must be.

Of course, not only is it distinctly possible to contribute to society and make a profit—it’s basically the only way. In the real world loads of researchers and engineers and other employees aren’t going to work for free to appease random Internet cynics (who rarely if ever make positive contributions to society of their own, mind you), so capital is required which entails investors and returns on investment. Yeah, that means insurers or someone else paying money.

[sennight]

Looks like I was right, you're clearly so emotional invested that you've failed to notice how you just repeated what I wrote... but with greater verbosity and the kind of angry tone that makes an opinion so easy to dismiss.