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Re: SELF INSURE to ELIMINATE LTC

Posted by Scott Olson on August 01, 2002 at 07:56:45:

In Reply to: Re: SELF INSURE to ELIMINATE LTC posted by Independent Thinker on July 31, 2002 at 23:25:25:

Hi, Indepedent/Concerned.

I'm not an attorney. I'm just a simple insurance agent trying to understand the complex legal issues we all have to live with today.

Based upon your first, very brief, description of this legal document you've had drafted for yourself, I concluded that it would not protect you from long term care expenses in most cases.

Please help me (and the others on this board) better understand this document.

You described the document as follows:

"if my health gets to the point where someone else is in charge of my health care, they are not to medicate against any ailments and are only to give me pain medication."

I have a lot of questions, but I guess the most important question is this: how long after you no longer receive any medications (except pain medication) do you expect it to take you to die?

Scott A. Olson

Follow Ups:

Whose choice is it? Wally 12:55:29 08/01/02 (11)
- THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE Concerned Independent 20:41:12 08/01/02 (10)
  - Re: THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE bluemarlin08 19:53:52 08/02/02 (7)
    - YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT Concerned Independent 13:03:34 08/04/02 (6)
      - Re: YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT bluemarlin08 17:31:35 08/04/02 (5)
        
        THAT'S THE TRUTH curator 911 museum.com 18:17:29 08/04/02 (4)
        
        Re: THAT'S THE TRUTH Becki Fahle 18:14:27 09/02/02 (0)
        
        Re: THAT'S THE TRUTH bluemarlin08 18:32:04 08/04/02 (2)
        
        THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID Dbl. Aaaaaaaack 19:21:26 08/08/02 (1)
        
        Re: THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID sue 03:33:55 10/10/02 (0)
  - Re: THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE bluemarlin08 19:50:22 08/02/02 (0)
  - Re: THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE bluemarlin08 19:50:21 08/02/02 (0)

Re: SELF INSURE to ELIMINATE LTC : Hi, Indepedent/Concerned. : I'm not an attorney. I'm just a simple insurance agent trying to understand the complex legal issues we all have to live with today. : Based upon your first, very brief, description of this legal document you've had drafted for yourself, I concluded that it would not protect you from long term care expenses in most cases. : Please help me (and the others on this board) better understand this document. : You described the document as follows: : "if my health gets to the point where someone else is in charge of my health care, they are not to medicate against any ailments and are only to give me pain medication." : I have a lot of questions, but I guess the most important question is this: how long after you no longer receive any medications (except pain medication) do you expect it to take you to die? : Scott A. Olson

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