Some baby boomers are burning through their retirement savings to pay for cancer treatments. Then they have to go back to work.

return2ozma@lemmy.world · 6 个月前

Some baby boomers are burning through their retirement savings to pay for cancer treatments. Then they have to go back to work.

FeloniousPunk@lemmy.today · 6 个月前

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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medgremlin@midwest.social · 6 个月前

Many life insurance policies simply do not pay out in the case of suicide.

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Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 个月前

Hypothetically speaking, what if you’re killed by a cop?

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 6 个月前

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

medgremlin@midwest.social · 6 个月前

I think there are some that have clauses about dying during the commission of a crime.