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What is (U.S.) health insurance in general, and how does it work?

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Health insurance offers a way to reduce such costs to more reasonable, affordable amounts. The way it typically works is that the consumer pays an up front premium to a health insurance company and that payment allows you to share "risk" with lots of other people who are making similar payments.

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