Re: Religion and suicide determinations
Why is it a religious discrimination issue when the allocation of risk is so obviously different? Moreover, my suggestion was for a neutral distonction, not a religio- centric reason. There are people who might well opt for the no-autopsy rule for secular reasons, right? Marci --Original Message-- From: Marc Stern To: hamilto...@aol.com To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Sent: May 6, 2009 1:06 PM Subject: RE: Religion and suicide determinations State insurance departments must approve all insurance polices. Does that make a difference? And is not a refusal ot issue policies to people who won' accept autopsies, amount to a declaration that certain faith groups (Jews, Hmong and others) are not eligible for insurance? Marc Stern -Original Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of hamilto...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:02 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Religion and suicide determinations This is easy enough to take care of in the private context, right? Insurers refuse to cover suicide and to cover any claim where an autopsy would reveal cause of death and the insured refuses the autopsy. That then opens a market for insurance policies for those whose beliefs preclude autopsies. Actuarial tables kick in, etc, etc Marci Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Volokh, Eugene" Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:03:28 To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Religion and suicide determinations ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
RE: Religion and suicide determinations
State insurance departments must approve all insurance polices. Does that make a difference? And is not a refusal ot issue policies to people who won' accept autopsies, amount to a declaration that certain faith groups (Jews, Hmong and others) are not eligible for insurance? Marc Stern -Original Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of hamilto...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:02 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Religion and suicide determinations This is easy enough to take care of in the private context, right? Insurers refuse to cover suicide and to cover any claim where an autopsy would reveal cause of death and the insured refuses the autopsy. That then opens a market for insurance policies for those whose beliefs preclude autopsies. Actuarial tables kick in, etc, etc Marci Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Volokh, Eugene" Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:03:28 To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Religion and suicide determinations ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
Re: Religion and suicide determinations
This is easy enough to take care of in the private context, right? Insurers refuse to cover suicide and to cover any claim where an autopsy would reveal cause of death and the insured refuses the autopsy. That then opens a market for insurance policies for those whose beliefs preclude autopsies. Actuarial tables kick in, etc, etc Marci Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Volokh, Eugene" Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:03:28 To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Religion and suicide determinations ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.