The Case in Point on Terminal Illness and Life Insurance

question 53

Multiple Choice

The Case in Point on terminal illness and life insurance discusses an industry which has been called the:

• A) viatical industry, which provides terminally ill people with access to quick cash while they are still alive.
• B) viatical industry, which sells life insurance to sick people.
• C) computer industry, which traces the genealogy of sick people.
• D) life partners industry, which helps people with AIDS find long-term health-care providers.

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