In September of last year, the Columbus Dispatch published a story critical of the Ohio State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Examining the Board’s efforts to address preneed fraud, the story reported that prosecutions of funeral directors were more the result of consumer complaints than Board inspections. That must have struck a nerve
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The Costs of Death
By Bill Stalter on
Posted in Preneed
A year ago, the Dayton JournalNews ran a series of articles about the regulation of the death care industry in Ohio. The reporting was comprehensive, with articles about preneed. Earlier this year, legislation was introduced in Ohio to further restrict who could sell preneed. However, the legislation does not address the trusting issues that rankle consumer advocates. …
NPS throws in the towel
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