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Are all houses in flood zones eligible to be covered by federal flood insurance?
And if not, is there a way to know other than calling?
Answered 1/6/2010 | View Answer | See Question
Does federal flood insurance cover the appraised value of a house?
or the purchase price? If there's a total loss of use, does it cover total loss even if the owner decides not to build there again? I'm considering a house on the coast so I'm trying to consider worst...
Answered 1/5/2010 | View Answer | See Question
http://jacksonville.com/business/real-estate/2010- 03-31/story/flood-insurance-lapse-blocking-home-sa les-congress-blamed Ah yes, Medicare. The only insurance that requires 45 years of premiums before you get any...
Answered 4/2/2010 | View Answer | See Question
Why don't conservatives call for an immediate end to federal flood insurance?
Flood insurance claims and all operating expenses of the program are paid for through premiums. None of these costs are paid by taxpayers http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/floodinsu rance.htm I wonder if...
Answered 8/3/2009 | View Answer | See Question
Why didn't federal involvement destroy flood insurance in the usa?
Yes, I have flood insurance. Linda J - The federal gov't doesn't take property to build playgrounds. That sounds like a local government issue. Matt W - No surprise Katrina swamped the program. The government...
Answered 8/11/2009 | View Answer | See Question
Why should i have to pay for flood insurance for people who choose to live in a flood plain?
Private insurers refuse to give flood insurance to people who live in flood plains. Yet people keep moving there. So the federal government funds flood insurance. When will we end this socialism? http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/
Answered 11/13/2009 | View Answer | See Question
Do you think fed. flood insurance should be stopped?
AFTER ALL THIS IS SOCIALISM RIGHT????? THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD JUST LOOSE EVERYTHING, I MEAN COME ON, PICK YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS WHEN YOU HOUSE FLOATS AWAY.......STOP DEPENDING ON THE GOVT FOR FLOOD INSURANCE...... WHO...
Answered 10/1/2009 | View Answer | See Question
Why is flood insurance not part of a standard homeowner's policy?
There are lots of other risks I can buy a rider for - sewer back-up, earthquake - but not for flood. What was the original rationale for carving out flood as a risk that would not be handled by private insurers,...
Answered 3/30/2009 | View Answer | See Question
Why do we accept socialized flood insurance for property but not health care?
The only insurance for your home for a flood in most areas is only available from the federal government. Is that not socialized flood insurance? My point was why is there not the outcry on this issue the same...
Answered 7/7/2007 | View Answer | See Question
Why does the federal government advertise for people to take advantage of flood insurance?
Help me out. Not one private insurance company will insure against flooding, with the risk being too great. Apparently, the U.S. government decided that taking the risk to build in flood zones was an American...
Answered 11/9/2008 | View Answer | See Question
An easy example of Insurance mandated by the federal government and upheld by a conservative supreme court. I never said EVERYONE had to have flood insurance....I was stating that federally mandated insurance IS...
Answered 11/12/2009 | View Answer | See Question
Let's say you know the water elevation of the "100-year flood." This is also called the "base flood" and is defined as the flood that will be equalled or exceeded once every 100 years,...
Answered 3/27/2007 | View Answer | See Question
Help! i don't have flood insurance. what to do?
I don't think the federal government is going to help me.
Answered 5/8/2010 | View Answer | See Question
Federal tax return and damaged on car due to flood?
Can I put the damage that was made to my car due to a flood costing me more than $1000 in repairs on form 4684? The insurance didn't cover it. Thanks!
Answered 4/14/2010 | View Answer | See Question
May i ask you liberal democrats a simple and honest question ?
Since Medicare insurance LOSES 200 million dollars a day,and federal flood insurance programs lose billions a year,and the Obama administration can't even administrate a TINY (by comparison) little program...
Answered 8/21/2009 | View Answer | See Question
Collection agency threatening legal action for item lost in natural disaster.?
On August 29, 2005 my home and belongings washed away in the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina. Prior to the storm I had financed a computer purchase through Dell. This computer was destroyed in the storm. I now...
Answered 2/1/2008 | View Answer | See Question
How does mccain plan on paying for staying in iraq for a 100 years?
how does he plan on paying for federal flood insurance for coastal communities? How does he plan on Paying for the illegal aliens he voted to give social security benefits too ? just curious we are broke how is...
Answered 1/26/2008 | View Answer | See Question
If your house was ruined in a flood, fire or tornado are you responsible for it?
or is the federal or state government suppose to come and take care of it for you? This is what I cannot understand about the people of New Orleans, they are just standing there with their hand out and waiting...
Answered 9/30/2006 | View Answer | See Question
Tax time - i recently moved from nj to tx, and surprise, right into a flood zone.?
FEMA has a mandatory insurance that I had to purchase, at their set price. Since FEMA is the government, I rank that insurance cost right up there with property taxes, state taxes, and federal taxes, all of which...
Answered 1/18/2008 | View Answer | See Question
Are the dems using fear tactics about the federal buget deficiency?
The myth persists in some media circles that the Federal budget deficiency is surging or ballooning or something terrible, all of which is served up as ammunition for those in Congress who want a tax increase.''...
Answered 1/23/2007 | View Answer | See Question
Even forest fires. Doesn't there risk add to everyone elses cost for insurance and taxes when the feds pay out too.?
Answered 1/21/2010 | View Answer | See Question
I am a little confused about america's insurance giants?
when Katrina hit, everyone assumed most of the people with insurance would get thier claims processed without any strings attached right I mean it was a cat 3 if not 4 hurricane that had sustained winds of 135...
Answered 6/25/2007 | View Answer | See Question
How would the healthcare bill be helpful?
If the Healthcare Bill Becomes Law, Will Any Private Company Write Policies? If your answer is "Yes, private companies would still write health insurance policies", then please tell me, "Why would...
Answered 11/27/2009 | View Answer | See Question
What art you going to do with all of the money?
By a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday rolled back restrictions on corporate spending in federal campaigns. The decision could unleash a torrent of corporate-funded attack ads in upcoming elections. "Because...
Answered 1/23/2010 | View Answer | See Question
If the federal government is not responsible to rebuild new orleans?
then why do they control the insurance for floods? And why do we tax payers fund the 'disaster preparedness' projects and the 'army corps of engineers'? Seems like once you have to actually take...
Answered 1/26/2007 | View Answer | See Question
Why is it? every storm ? we have to have fema,govt handouts etc?
it seems like federal aid is a narcotic now that Katrina and other storms or disasters have happened? what did we do before?? why do we even bother with private insurance? flood insurance? You are taking this question...
Answered 2/3/2007 | View Answer | See Question
Is this how this trickle down economics works? or is it really flood up?
Millionaires are so last millennium. The new Forbes 400 list of richest Americans is billionaires only. If you're net worth is a mere $999 million, forget it. A billion means a thousand million, and that's...
Answered 12/7/2006 | View Answer | See Question
Why don't we prepare for the inevitable disasters if we live in natural disaster areas?
From the Time's Magazine | Katrina: One Year Later Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Wildfires, Earthquakes ... Why We Don't Prepare "Every July the country's leading disaster scientists and emergency...
Answered 8/23/2006 | View Answer | See Question
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