X-Message-Number: 20285 Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:24:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Badger <> Subject: Re: Assumptions From: "Basie" <> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:10:41 -0400 wrote: > Many people assume the aging problem will be solved > before cryonics revival. What if they are wrong and > cryonics revival is done first. How do you store a > billion old people. And who will pay for it." I doubt this will be an issue. I think those who make the above assumption do so for good reasons. But... if reanimation were perfected first, I'm not sure what would happen. At first there might be a rush. Until, that is, the insurance companies caught on and realized that their definition of death was no longer valid. Indeed, they might well decide to pay out on life insurance policies only on the condition that a body be cremated. But then how could a doctor or a family ethically allow someone near death to opt for burial or cremation once the cryonics option is available as a life saving medical procedure? The answer is, I suspect, that you would transfer your life insurnace premiums over to your health insurance premiums. So the answer is that the health insurance companies would pay for it, which is to say "we" would pay for it on one level or another just like we all pay for health care costs now. Consider also that a significant increase in members may allow for lower per/person costs for the cryonics companies. And a $30k bill at CI is considerable cheaper than many common surgical procedures currently being done in our hospitals. Best regards, ===== Scott Badger, Ph.D. Member: ALCOR, Extropy Insitute, Life Extension Foundation Instructor/Researcher-University of Idaho Just released: "PHENOM"- my Transhumanist CD (www.mp3.com/scottbadger) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20285