“It’s not right to rough up a kid for his lunch money, and it spits in the face of God to exploit the grieving for a buck.” These strong words from Ed Howard, a lawyer and consumer advocate, were spoken at the recent Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) biennial meeting. When Howard’s father died, it took him eight hours of calling funeral homes to get a rough outline of costs. Imagine the billable time he lost to a search for financial information related to funeral planning. There’s also an … [Read more...] about Even Rich People Need Funeral Planning