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To: one_less who wrote (4551)	2/17/2003 6:09:08 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 7720

I would like to point out (again) that resources are a non-issue for someone who is in such a hopeless state that they are willing to cash in. I don't know where you got an idea like that. It's common for people facing the end of their lives to focus on their legacy, which usually involves leaving an estate of some kind to their offspring or to their favorite cause. And then there's the fear of impoverishing the spouse by a lingering death. People want to be at peace when they die, knowing that they lived a good life and have put their affairs in order, to think that they've left some kind of legacy, not necessarily financial, but if they have some money, that they're not throwing it down a rat hole. If you're going to make a decision to cash out, as you put it, you'd like to do it with dignity. They become a dependant of the state and their resources are liquidated as if they had died. Yes, I thought of that. But it does seem terribly morbid.