The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments on why it should or shouldn’t require funeral homes to provide pricing information online or via email. It’s part of an update to the Funeral Rule of 1984, which was designed to help consumers avoid being taken advantage of during such a challenging time.
"People are at their most vulnerable when they’re grieving," FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said in a statement.
Price per pound?
ReplyDeleteBefore or after cremation, Henk?
DeleteCan you still bury on your own land? I'm just curious. I always thought burn me up and get me outta that damn box. Throw me in the wind anywhere. However, if ya can just tumble a body in a hole on your land and cover it that would be cool too. Rot and go back to the earth. I get it you have to be pronouced dead by some official first. Takes the fun out of it doesn't it.
ReplyDeleteGet an 18" PTO-auger and you can put all the bodies you want in your land.
DeleteI'm going for the Viking funeral or maybe a Sky funeral. Wife said whichever is cheaper.
DeleteI wanted to do that in Wisconsin but ran into a bunch of roadblocks. In that state you had to be buried in a "designated" cemetery that would have "perpetual" care. Also, you had to be buried in a vault that held the casket. To protect the ground water.
Delete...and while they're at it add a paragraph for hospital stays and procedures.
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They should post them where the jab is being given.
ReplyDeleteWasn't obama care supposed to force the hospitals to post prices? That way you could shop around for the best price while you were having a heart attack. I haven't seen that part of that shiny turd being used.
ReplyDeleteThis obsession with the government intruding into private business is slowly "nudging" us into compliance for a socialistic state.
"People are at their most vulnerable ..."
ReplyDeleteWhat pure unadulterated emotional bullshit. I guess if logic or reason is too hard, then appeal to emotion.
Its a helluva way to run a gooberment.
Dead is dead.
ReplyDeleteWhen my grandson was killed, cremating the infant was twice as expensive in the state he died in than cremating my adult sister in the state she died in. It would at least make it simpler to compare prices versus having to visit each funeral home in turn to check out the cost.
ReplyDeleteIf'n yer not fussy, you can donate the body to a school of anatomy. The school, around these parts anyway, takes care of the cremation, and you get Gramma back in a box. Usually includes a nice memorial service. Takes a while (we waited 2 years, but Dad died just as wuflu was spooling up), and you still have to pony up for the mortician delivering the deceased to the school.
ReplyDeleteIt was his idea, cheap as he was.
We got enough saved up. First to go gets a decent burial, second is at mercy of the kids.
ReplyDeleteDaryl
The 18" auger allows you go vertical VS horizontal...a much more efficient use of space....
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