Something I’m just now thinking of: I wonder if cryonics could be funded using a retirement account? It has similar protections to life insurance in terms of being paid to a beneficiary instead of your estate, and I actually have Alcor listed as the beneficiary of my retirement accounts in case I die since that seems like the best use of my money at that point if I’m not going to be using it to fund a retirement. Maybe combine retirement account with term life insurance to get more cost efficient coverage? Possibly requires creating a trust to put those two things together.
I’m sure someone has already thought about this and may know reasons why it would or wouldn’t work. For example, maybe the funds aren’t as protected as with life insurance, which go directly to your beneficiary without having to first pay off debts in your estate.
Something I’m just now thinking of: I wonder if cryonics could be funded using a retirement account? It has similar protections to life insurance in terms of being paid to a beneficiary instead of your estate, and I actually have Alcor listed as the beneficiary of my retirement accounts in case I die since that seems like the best use of my money at that point if I’m not going to be using it to fund a retirement. Maybe combine retirement account with term life insurance to get more cost efficient coverage? Possibly requires creating a trust to put those two things together.
I’m sure someone has already thought about this and may know reasons why it would or wouldn’t work. For example, maybe the funds aren’t as protected as with life insurance, which go directly to your beneficiary without having to first pay off debts in your estate.