Forget tradition: A lot of traditional funeral expenses are useless upsells.

Funeral expenses are typically covered by life insurance. Since Medicare is health insurance, it doesn’t cover funeral expenses. The Social Security Administration does offer a lump sum death benefit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Sue Paige's parents died six months apart she had no way to pay for their funerals [BBC] Families are facing growing ...

Today, consumer protections are more robust. The Federal Trade Commission now enforces the Funeral Rule, which requires funeral homes to disclose costs and provides consumers with more options for ...

Medicare doesn’t cover funeral expenses. It’s a health insurance program primarily for individuals over 65 or those younger who live with certain disabilities or conditions. Medicare does provide ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s not clear when coroners in Louisiana began charging grieving families a fee for the permit needed to cremate their loved ones, but a new legal opinion clearly spells out ...