Why Americans Can’t Afford to Die

A funeral is probably not an event you look forward to planning, but the truth is you will most likely have to at some point in your life. Have you ever considered whether you can afford to pay for funeral costs in the event a loved one passes? You might be a part of the roughly 40 percent of people in the U.S. who don’t have enough savings to cover the expense.

If you never thought about this problem before, take a look at how expensive funerals really are. You may discover you, like many Americans, simply can’t afford to die.

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