X-Message-Number: 16184
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 06:18:07 -0600
From: Linda Chamberlain <>
Subject: Alcor UK misunderstanding

Charles Platt wrote:

As I understand it (and I am willing to be corrected, since not all of my 
information is first-hand) twenty-five British cryonicists were deprived 
of their Alcor coverage earlier this year because they did not have 
American life insurance.

Moreover--and this is the part that seems hard to believe--when the 
British cryonicists offered cash as an alternative to life insurance, 
their offer was rejected.

Specifically, they suggested performing their own perfusion services, and 
would ship the patient to Alcor with a wire transfer of funds sufficient 
to cover long-term storage. These funds would be provided by the British 
members of Alcor UK, who would take out a bridging loan, at their own 
risk, until they were reimbursed by the patient's life insurance, which 
would name Alcor UK as beneficiary.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this one of the most bizarre decisions 
in the entire history of cryonics?

--Charles Platt

Yes, Charles, this information is wrong.  

Alcor has not deprived any UK members of their memberships.  Alcor has 
grandfathered all existing members who wish to retain their memberships, 
but has simply stated that it will not accept additional members with funding 
arrangements that Alcor does not deem to provide sufficient security.   
There were no offers to pay cash and refusals.  The Alcor UK group are 
preparing a proposal for Alcor to consider.  We have not received that 
proposal as yet.

As usual, rumors tend to become distorted. 



Linda Chamberlain
President/CEO

Alcor Life Extension Foundation 
7895 E. Acoma Dr., Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260-6916 
Phone (480) 905-1906 x 113      FAX (480) 922-9027 
() 

The Alcor Life Extension Foundation was founded in 1972 as 
a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, and has 44 patients 
in biostasis as of April, 2001. Alcor is the world's only provider 
of clinical cryovitrification with over 525 members who 
have pre-arranged for biostasis. Alcor's Emergency CryoTransport 
System (ECS) is a medical-style rescue network patterned after 
Emergency Medical System (EMS). Alcor CryoTransport Technicians, 
as with EMTs and Paramedics on an ambulance, are advised by our 
Medical Director, Jerry Lemler MD or other physicians who are Alcor 
members and/or contract physicians.  

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