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Happy Monday and welcome to the Morning Show podcast.

My name is Anthony.

I'm Carla Marie, and today is Monday, January 29th, 2024.

The Core 4.

The four headlines you need to know.

Are funeral homes ripping you off?

A bunch of them across the country got in trouble for violating the funeral rule, which

has been in effect since 1994.

I personally didn't even know about this until yesterday, but it's so important to know about.

It's meant to allow customers to compare prices between funeral homes

and select only the desired arrangements. Funeral directors must give consumers price

information over the phone if it's requested. Under the rule, customers can ask a funeral home

for an itemized price list and see a written casket price list

before having to go and few caskets. Customers can also use their own casket or container at a funeral home.

But the Federal Trade Commission found out a lot of these funeral homes weren't following the funeral rule. Last

year, they conducted phone sweeps and called 250 funeral homes across the country. They found

that 39 funeral homes were violating the rule and that some even failed to provide accurate

price information. The 39 funeral homes received warning letters to reiterate the rule

and were told that a failure to comply would result in penalties up to $51,000 per violation.

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