X-Message-Number: 15460 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:41:27 -0500 From: <> Subject: thanks for life insurance information Thanks for all of the information about the life insurance companies, including the explicit list of the CI payers from Professor Ettinger and the links John de Rivaz supplied (which cover lots of related topics). Thanks also for the thoughts provided by Driven FromThePack. His (??) ideas have lots of implications but i realize that what i wrote about the HIV positive patient was misleading. What i meant to say was that if an insurance company denies payment for any reason, including reasons which may seem justified, great caution should be used in dealing with that company. In the HIV+ case, they should have tested so that there would be no surprises, i think. I obtained an insurance policy recently, and i was tested (not just for HIV, but for excess cholesterol), so i'm assuming that such testing is legal. Of course the problem of cryonics for the uninsurable (because of HIV or any other reason) and the indigent is a big problem, and i wish it were bigger (i.e., that people realized what they were missing). But the scope of the problem can be reduced to some extent if the price can be contained (to the extent possible consistent with a reasonable hope for revival, of course). dan Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15460