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"Death
Be Not Cheap:
Great Books about Grim Reaping . . .
Cash for the Final Days
"Recent advances
in medical research and drug therapy are touted and welcome. But the fact that terminally
ill patients live longer has a sobering downside for many of them: the care and drugs come
with horrific price tags. For some people, hope carries the name viatical settlements.
Viatical companies buy life insurance policies from terminally ill people for a lump sum
of cash -- usually 60% to 90% of the policy's face value.
"Cash
for the Final Days provides invaluable
guidance on the ins and outs of viatical settlements, euphemistically called
accelerated death benefits or living benefits. The book also helps consumers avoid the
scams that followed closely on the heels of the blossoming of the viatical industry."
