X-Message-Number: 9805
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 11:40:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Henry R. Hirsch" <>
Subject: How do we provide for increases in the cost of cryonic

                                May 29, 1998

Recent interchanges on the Cryonet suggest this troubling question.

It is clear that a cryonic provider cannot guarantee the price of
suspension, since we are very familiar with the effects of inflation on
prices. The price of a new car has at least tripled in the last 20 years. If
I live another 20 years, the price of a suspension may do the same, and I
will have to find the money if I want to be suspended.

But what about maintenance and the cost of reanimation? The same argument
applies with respect to inflation, except that now I am "dead" and can't
come up with any more money. I, and perhaps others, would be interested to
learn how Cryonics Institute, Alcor, Cryocare, and Transtime handle this
problem.

                                Hank Hirsch
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Henry R. Hirsch                      
Department of Physiology                   Phone: (606)323-5438
MS508 Chandler Medical Center              Fax:   (606)323-1070
University of Kentucky                     E-Mail: 
Lexington, KY 40536-0084
USA

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