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by CLiED 535 days ago
I'm sure they can find a jury of 12 CEOs/(m/b)illionaires who are far removed from such downstair people things as being denied insurance.
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They can probably easily find a jury of ordinary people who have never been denied insurance or don't have anyone in their friend or immediate family group who were denied insurance.

There are 305 million Americans with health insurance. Most of them only have ever used their health insurance for things like annual checkups, routine illnesses like colds and flus, routine vaccinations and lab tests, cuts, sprains, burns, allergies, prescriptions, routine prenatal care, routine pediatric care, maybe something more serious like pneumonia or an STD or a broken bone, and similar.

Even the most penny pinching insurance companies usually pay for those things without any hassle. As a result polling shows that most Americans are actually reasonably satisfied with their own health insurance in that regard. Lots of dissatisfaction with the high premiums and deductibles though.

It's only a small percent who encounter something that the insurance company balks at.