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Viaticals- A Dark Alternative To Shielding Survivors From Credit Challenges Of Medical Collections & Judgments (Page 1 of 3)
Its just not enough to face the final phase of life with all the finality that goes with it without dealing with medical bills, collections and possible judgements all tied to the a terminally ill patient. A person may have worked all their lives with purpose and grace only to be run over by terminal illness. If there are loved ones attached to this experience all the pain and suffering may really go beyond the funeral with trailing medical bills, collections and even judgements. With accelerating medical costs the tab can be run up fairly quickly. Any savings or even health insurance may not be even close enough to meet the burden. Home equities can be quickly squeezed and exhausted. The terminal patient (this could be someone severely over weight-family history of heart disease as well-etc.) never intended to leave loved ones holding the ultimate financial bag. It just happens. As thoughts of Ralph Edwards the former host of This Is Your Life play out in the brain the mind may race ahead to the final act leaving loved ones to deal with the financial aftermath of this life. The obituary might read He was a great guy/gal, but left his family and loved ones with a ton of unpaid debts. An alternative for a terminally ill patient (or could be medically challenged and not able to work) may be a Viatical. If there is a term life insurance policy or better, such as whole life, universal life, annuity etc., in place or even a paid up policy or one that has monthly payments being made this could quality for the Viatical vehicle.
This then is the ultimate and final use of a handicapper. When life policies are taken out actuaries make a bet when a person is going to die based on their medical history, age, weight, health levels, occupations, smoker, non-smoker, etc. Later on, if the need arises, another handicapper can enter the scene. It is by request only. Viaticals are based on handicapping the rest of a persons life based on the medical and such to determine by guessing when death might arrive. An investor will bid on a discounted basis on the face amount of the policy to give the insured and beneficiaries cash right now. A terminally ill patient may want to get their financial affairs cleaned up before dying so as not to stick love ones with a financial disaster. This comes home to anyone who in addition is dealing with the terminal illness but may be facing foreclosure from their home, cars repossessed, credit that has long since gone down the drain and a whole new layer of stress in the circle of concerned and effected loved ones. What to do, ride it out and let the chips fall where they may, OR make an effort to get it handled now and bring some peace to everyone by taking care of the financial affairs before death. Yes there will be a substantial reduction in the face value of the policy by taking a cash advance now, but it may save a lot of pain for immediate survivors. This is not for everyone. Obviously, if there is no life insurance policy in place for the terminally ill patient, this will not be an option.
Looking Into The Growing Trend Of Payday Credit
Speaking of the troubles coming up with middle class section of the society, the fact of unemployment comes first in light. Currently, the chairmans and CEOs of big corporates are struggling to save their companies from a big loss or bankruptcy, but the question is that how much affect is bear by every one of us relying over the financial services sector.
Whether we all believe in the reports or not but we know the fact that at any point of time we would be needing the help of payday loans. Further, if someone says that I can skip out of this credit facility, till the economy starts giving constant returns, then he needs to remember some of the important facts.
Initially, one has to know that the short term loans are required mostly at the time when urgent payments come in light. You may be going well with all the finances in your monthly expenses but what will you do when an urgent education fees has to filled, and what will you do at the time of paying medical bills?
Well, at the end of the day you would be zeroing over the option of payday loans. An urgent financial requirement means that a quick funds transfer is needed or the trouble of fine and added interest will be coming over the head. Hence, one can rely over this, as the availability of funds in the short span of 24 hours is guaranteed with many potential lenders.
Coming to the second point, for which this short term loan is asked. Yes, we would like to state the repayment tenure here. We all are aware of the volatility in the market and the lenders’ urge of earning more from the borrowers’ side. So, when we are going for a loan, we have to know our repayment capability.
Paying off all the installments in a shorter term is the need of hour and the same is provided under the payday loans facility. We all have to save our credit record from any default in order to get a quick access to loans in future, and for this a loan offered for a term of almost 3 months is sufficient.
Taking the debate further in accordance with latest reports, we can easily say that the culture of loans are not coming to end in the country as this nation is driving its economy mostly with finance businesses. However, the preference given to any particular loan is seeing a change in the current scenario.
The change here means that more individuals are now trying to get their hands over the short term credit facilities and therefore, we are more bullish over the payday loans rather than any other long term loans which takes time to be paid off. Hence, the whole situation can be defined as more favourable to payday loans.