The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

A funeral typically costs between $6,280 and $8,300. Being buried is more expensive than being cremated because there's an extra cost for a cemetery plot and a headstone, which is usually around ...

The costs associated with funeral services continue to rise. The price index for funerals has shot up almost twice as fast as prices for all other consumer items, according to 2017 figures from the ...

Medicare does not cover the costs associated with cremation or other funeral and burial services. The Social Security Administration (SSA) offers a one-time payment of $255 that can be put toward ...

Cremation’s rise to 61.9% in 2024, driven by affordability and cultural shifts, has surpassed burials, reshaping the funeral economy with projections of 82% market share by 2045. Lower-cost cremation ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding benefits to help pay for veterans' end-of-life expenses, the department announced Friday. The expanded benefits include reimbursements for transporting ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Among the unenviable tasks a funeral director has to perform is guiding the grief-stricken through one of the saddest times of their lives and then handing them a bill indicative of ...

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) — The decision on what can be done with a person's remains will eventually have to be answered, and some folks in Texas are hoping for a new option. Advocates and some lawmakers are ...

All Treasure Coast counties offer programs to provide cremation services for individuals of little to no means.

Medicare is a federal insurance program that provides healthcare coverage for people ages 65 years and older and younger people with disabilities. It does not cover funeral or burial expenses, ...

Cremation’s rise to 61.9% in 2024, driven by affordability and cultural shifts, has surpassed burials, reshaping the funeral economy with projections of 82% market share by 2045. Cremation has ...