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Word For The Day, Wednesday, April 30, 2014-- viatical

Posted on 04/30/2014 5:27:05 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Wednesday, April 30, 2014-- viatical

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

viatical [vahy-at-i-kuh l, vee‐]]

hear it pronounced

adjective

1. of or pertaining to a financial transaction in which a company buys life insurance policies from the terminally ill at less than their face value and may sell the policies to investors: viatical settlements.
2. of or denoting a road or a journey
3. botany (of a plant) growing by the side of a road
4. of or pertaining to a viaticum.

viaticum, noun

1. Ecclesiastical . the Eucharist or Communion as given to a person dying or in danger of death.
2. (among the ancient Romans) a provision or allowance for traveling, originally of transportation and supplies, later of money, made to officials on public missions.
3. money or necessities for any journey.

Origin: 1555–65; < Latin viāticum, neuter of viāticus, equivalent to viāt ( us ) (past participle of viāre to travel; see via, -ate1 ) + -icus -ic; cf. voyage

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Since the healthcare law will cause many people to drop their coverage due to its high cost, alternative means of financing their remaining years may become more prevalent. A viatical settlement is not an inherently bad deal, but companies that have offered them have tended to be on the shady side. Here is a decade-old link on FreeRepublic that goes into some detail about the practice:

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Like reverse mortgages, variable annuities and virtually all financial transactions, the devil is in the details. If someone is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told he has less than six months to live, selling the proceeds of his life insurance policy in order to obtain money for palliative care is a decent idea. Of course, it depends upon the price. If the company offers him $25,000 for his $100,000 policy, it’s a bad deal. A fair price might be $90,000, which would make the company a healthy 10000/90000 rate of return, equal to 11.11% profit. If the poor fellow only lasts the predicted six months, the annualized profit would be twice that.

1 posted on 04/30/2014 5:27:05 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...

I’d love to see some homework on this cold and rainy last day of April.


2 posted on 04/30/2014 5:29:23 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Teachers who have deviated from the viatical path of Catholicism should teach elsewhere, and not at a Catholic school. If you don't like the rules of a particular club, go start your own.
3 posted on 04/30/2014 5:32:44 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
A+++

gold

Excellent!

4 posted on 04/30/2014 5:34:35 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Hmmm... blue pills... sabbatical... viatical!


5 posted on 04/30/2014 5:34:47 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB
A++

silver

You've RAISED the level of discourse here.

6 posted on 04/30/2014 5:40:18 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: MrB; TruthShallSetYouFree
Mind your L G B&T's
7 posted on 04/30/2014 5:40:56 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I miss the days when I would have guessed that stood for some sort of bacon sandwich.


8 posted on 04/30/2014 6:01:51 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

lettuce, bacon, tomato, and GOUDA! LOL!


9 posted on 04/30/2014 6:07:37 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Wow! What a wide ranging list of definitions!


10 posted on 04/30/2014 6:10:21 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: xsmommy

Surely, you mean LGBT’s and Q’s?


11 posted on 04/30/2014 6:13:56 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: NeoCaveman
bronze

This is the New Times. Or, more likely, the End of Times.

12 posted on 04/30/2014 6:18:15 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: SoothingDave

actually i didn’t. Qs seemed redundant.


13 posted on 04/30/2014 6:19:14 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Plenty of opportunities for creative homework. :)


14 posted on 04/30/2014 6:19:15 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: xsmommy

Cheese does make a sandwich better.


15 posted on 04/30/2014 6:24:25 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Reverse mortgages, the viatical device that lets banks keep all the value and hangs old people out to dry is a lot like obamacare. All promises, no guarantees, and in the end you’re left with nothing.


16 posted on 04/30/2014 6:43:31 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

A+++
Exactly!


17 posted on 04/30/2014 6:48:13 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Here is my real homework. It's the viatical tale of a Jersey boy, and the truth doesn't line up with the fantasy, the song, or the movie.
18 posted on 04/30/2014 6:48:29 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
the reverberations continue from the papal phone call. NY times reporter Douthat is fair, and his various scenarios are all legit. Does the Pope intend to permit the administration of the viaticum to those in permanently adulterous relationships?
19 posted on 04/30/2014 6:49:31 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

What do you mean “redundant”?


20 posted on 04/30/2014 6:54:17 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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