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There are also cases where insurance works by aligning incentives, to help make early intervention easier.

Take health insurance where you get free stop-smoking plans. It makes the barrier for signing up to such a plan much lower, which is good for you. It also makes the chance of people suffering from lung cancer lower, which is good for your insurer.



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