Even with insurance, medical payments were hundreds of thousands of dollars each month.
Jesus. My father died of lymphoma after fighting it for 8 years or so, and he was miserable for a lot of that time. Luckily (if you can call it that), he was a military veteran and the VA took care of the treatment, but even with the treatment, his quality of life wasn’t good. If I get cancer, I’d rather just kill myself before it reaches that point than bankrupt my family. It’s pretty fucked that that’s something we have to think about.
Ahh but that’s why they sell you life insurance, so you won’t kill yourself and the family can use the payout to pay off your medical debt. Maybe. Ain’t capitalism grand?
Jesus. My father died of lymphoma after fighting it for 8 years or so, and he was miserable for a lot of that time. Luckily (if you can call it that), he was a military veteran and the VA took care of the treatment, but even with the treatment, his quality of life wasn’t good. If I get cancer, I’d rather just kill myself before it reaches that point than bankrupt my family. It’s pretty fucked that that’s something we have to think about.
Ahh but that’s why they sell you life insurance, so you won’t kill yourself and the family can use the payout to pay off your medical debt. Maybe. Ain’t capitalism grand?
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Many life insurance policies simply do not pay out in the case of suicide.
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Hypothetically speaking, what if you’re killed by a cop?
No need for hypotheticals. There have been several documented cases of insurance denying payouts to victims of “suicide-by-cop”:
https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/insurer-moves-for-dismissal-of-lawsuit-in-suicide-by-cop-case-104373.aspx
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/life-insurance-rejected-in-suicide-by-cop/
https://www.enterprise-journal.com/most-recent/her-son-was-gunned-down-she-was-denied-his-life-insurance-payout-and-lexington-police-64f113f5b4690
I think there are some that have clauses about dying during the commission of a crime.
Project 2025 is putting an end to that.