insurance
Man Who Would Rather Go Blind Than Get Obamacare Now Going Blind
Jay Hathaway · 05/12/15 04:40PMWho should save the sight of an uninsured South Carolina man who can’t afford eye surgery? That’s the question the Charlotte Observer asks in a story about a 49-year-old Republican who declined to sign up for Obamacare because he “prided himself on paying his own medical bills,” and is now upset that the Affordable Care Act won’t bail him out.
Elderly Man Sues Kaiser for Completely Eroding His Dick
Jay Hathaway · 01/23/15 02:30PMAn elderly man claims his penis "completely eroded away" over the course of two weeks, far past the point where reconstructive surgery could have saved it, because Kaiser wouldn't let his nurses remove a catheter. He's suing the insurance company for refusing to end his painful ordeal and causing "permanent genital mutilation," Courthouse News reports.
Canadian Mom Faces Million-Dollar Medical Bill For Giving Birth in U.S.
Jay Hathaway · 11/18/14 05:12PMWhat Happens When There's No Insurance for Your Beach House?
Hamilton Nolan · 10/22/14 02:23PMIdiot Millennials Not Ready to Die Yet
Hamilton Nolan · 05/29/14 09:06AMCanny Investors Wager on No Disasters Happening
Hamilton Nolan · 04/24/14 03:37PMMan Repays $500,000 in Insurance Money With 4 Tons of Quarters
Taylor Berman · 08/01/13 08:15PMInsurance Companies Are Putting Us At Risk of Another Meltdown
Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/13 12:42PMPeople Are Perfectly Willing to Gamble With Their Own Health Coverage
Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/13 09:37AMIn America, we have a stupid system of health care in which your health insurance, which might naturally be considered a fundamental human need, is covered by your employer, resulting in a horrible, expensive, uneven patchwork. At the same time, the earnings of most workers have remained stagnant for the past 40 years. It comes as little surprise, then, that workers are willing to gamble with their own health in exchange for more money in their pockets.
What Is the Best Worst Way You've Ever Lost a Phone?
Caity Weaver · 10/24/12 11:05AMEarning Money For Ruining Your Friend's Things, When Summer Love Turns to Autumn Scorn, And Other Questionable Advice
Caity Weaver · 10/18/12 03:15PMMan With Breast Cancer Denied Medicaid Coverage
Lauri Apple · 08/07/11 08:24PMShocking Study: Birth Control Cheaper Than Babies
Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/11 10:34AMBirth control isn't free, my friends. I mean condoms cost a few bucks and then some of the fancier technologies that girls get cost—Christ, I don't know, but it has to run into the hundreds. So you can't expect the health insurance industry to bankrupt itself just to subsidize every lout's ability to fuck conveniently! Or can you?
New Aflac Duck Voice as Annoying as Old Aflac Duck Voice
Maureen O'Connor · 04/26/11 03:52PMPraise be the gods, our long national nightmare of peace and quiet is over. After firing Gilbert Gottfried from his job voicing Aflac's screaming spokes-duck, the insurance company has completed its national search for a less offensive replacement. The winner is a sales manager from Hugo, Minnesota (population: 13,000) named Daniel McKeague. Congratulations, Daniel. We can't wait to scramble for the mute button every time your bone-chilling squawk comes on TV.
This Guy's Hair Is Insured for $1 Million
Jeff Neumann · 08/31/10 06:04AMThe 15 Most Bizarre Insurance Policies Ever Written
The Business Insider · 03/25/10 02:11AMWhy is Warren Buffet Rocking Out in a Geico Commercial?
Mike Byhoff · 03/18/10 02:00PMExploiting Tiger
cityfile · 12/14/09 01:46PMAll the revelations about Tiger Woods' mistresses over the past couple of weeks has been very bad news for the big brands that paid out millions to sign Woods up as their spokesman. Enter DeWitt Stern, an insurance company that is now capitalizing on Woods' troubles with what it claims is a totally new type of policy: "reputation risk insurance." Now when the face of your wholesome, family-friendly brand gets arrested in a seedy motel room with a crack pipe and with a tranny hooker, you'll be fully protected! The press release is below.