X-Message-Number: 21709 Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 08:37:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Christine Gaspar <> Subject: insurance --0-1517804214-1052062643=:33003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello. I was reviewing some literature on insurance today and I think I have had a good idea. I am not yet signed up with either cryonics institution but I am currently working on the process. I am looking at the possibility of obtaining not only life insurance, but critical illness insurance. I was also re-reading Ben Best's synopsis on our first cryonics case in Toronto, when it occurred to me that critical illness insurance would be an excellent way of obtaining adequate standby personnel in the event of a slow death at home.It was my belief earlier that a person would be better off dying in a hospital, on a cardiac monitor. I still concur with that belief if the dying process is relatively quick and unexpected. However, if one had enough money, and was dying of cancer, say, at home, they might benefit from the privacy afforded to them of being at home (less interference by anti-cryonics health care workers). Critical illness insurance pays out a lump sum upon diagnosis of a terminal illness (there is a list of illnesses it covers such as lung cancer, certain types of heart disease etc). The amount I might be interested in might be in the neighbourhood of say $100,000 CAN. When they issue this money, it can be spent on whatever the individual wants to spend it on...not necessarily medical care. I could imagine that it would be an excellent way of ensuring sufficient standby personnel during my last days. It could be used to offer a "bonus" to certain individuals to encourage a rapid, enthusiastic suspension. Hell, it could even pay for a dewar, if our memberships in Canada grow sufficiently enough to support that. Christine Gaspar,President, Cryonics Society of Canada --0-1517804214-1052062643=:33003 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21709