[ExI] Impact of reduced costs to Alcor members

[James Clement]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Max More <max at maxmore.com> wrote:

> At this year’s annual meeting, Alcor reduced membership dues (for those
> not receiving discounts) by 10% and also waived the $180/year CMS fee for
> those with cryopreservation funding at least $20,000 over current minimums.
> For many members, that means a reduction in membership costs by $240 per
> year (31% reduction).
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> The CMS waiver should be especially helpful to members young enough to get
> cheap life insurance. The cost of the extra insurance will be very low for
> younger members, making the CMS waiver option attractive.
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> Older members may find additional life insurance expensive or impossible
> to get. Many of these members will instead benefit from the new alternative
> funding policy. They will be able to use assets such as real estate, 401(k)
> plans, and bequests to fund up to half of their cryopreservation minimums.
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> Overseas members, who can also enjoy lower costs from the above changes,
> additionally benefit from the reduction in the overseas surcharge.
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> Details of these four cost-lowering changes are here:
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> http://www.alcor.org/blog/
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Well done Max! Thanks for doing such a great job running Alcor.

James
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