[ExI] FW: [tt] [New_Cryonet] Should Cryonics, Cryothanasia, and Transhumanism Be Part of the Euthanasia Debate?

[BillK]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:43 PM, spike wrote:
> Cryonics will cost about the same as five months of institutional care and
> even less home care.  We need robots for this kind of work.
>
>

In the UK, medical and hospital costs are paid by the National Health
Services. But there is a big dispute going on over care home and
nursing fees, which many (most?) people have to pay themselves. Many
do this by selling their home to fund care costs. There is legislation
going through parliament to try to cover care home costs (up to a
limit) in future to avoid forcing people to sell their homes to pay
for care.

But US care seems to be much more expensive than in the UK.
Quote:
On average you can expect to pay around £28,500 a year in residential
care costs, rising to over £37,500 a year if nursing care is
necessary.
(Dementia would require nursing care).

BillK