Opinion
Car crash victims get hurt in their pocketbook, too
A Los Angeles police officer inspects the damage of a car crash. (Photo: Matt Gush, via Shutterstock)OPINION: Imagine paying the insurance premiums on your home for years, thinking you’re protecting yourself against disaster. Then, horribly, one day your house burns to the ground in a catastrophic fire. Only then do you find out the shocking news that your insurance policy will pay the cost to replace your home – but only up to the value of what the home was worth in 1967, back when Lyndon Johnson was President.