“If cruise lines operated under DeSantis’ ban of proof-of-vaccination, you suggest that they could have done this by “spreading the risk” with insurers.”
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What I was referring to was the Royal Caribbean strategy for dealing with the DeSantis et al edicts by requiring passengers to purchase expensive health insurance policies. Presumably this would discourage non-vaccinated passengers by increasing their net price to cruise- maybe $700 per cruise for non-vaccinateds according to one report I saw.
Yuck! That doesn’t sound like much of a solution.
I would think the cruise lines could secure better insurance rates than individual passengers. The Diamond Princess has to have impacted their insurance, in any event, and it appears already that vaccination will be no guarantee against a repeat.
$149 for cruise rates under $1,800... $189 for those over $1,800...