We're Advocating for Funeral Cost Transparency in Washington, DC!

The NHFA has been Advocating for Home Funerals at the FTC Workshop in Washington DC 

This past Thursday, the National Home Funeral Alliance Board President Isabel Knight was advocating for funeral consumers, including home funeral families and individuals, at a workshop the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was holding regarding updating the Funeral Rule in Washington DC.

Isabel served on 2 of the 5 panels during the day, which covered how the FTC should require funeral homes to post prices if the FTC mandates that funeral homes post prices online, and revisions to the general price list, such as whether or not the embalming disclosure should be re-written. 

The NHFA advocated for funeral homes posting clear pricing pages from the topline navigation of their websites, as well as ensuring that funeral homes do not try to get around the legislation by hiding their pricing pages from Google search results. We also advocated for more disclosures so that people who are shopping for funeral prices can understand their rights under the funeral rule, as well as their right to a home funeral in every state.

You can view a recording of the workshop here.

Some useful timestamps:

• 15:20 A panel of 4 industry representatives and one consumer representative answer the question of whether they think funeral homes should be required to post prices online and why
• 1:47:10 Beginning of the first panel that the NHFA served on, regarding Practical Considerations for Online Disclosures
• 3:48:50 Beginning of the second panel the NHFA served on, regarding General Price List Updates

Link to a news piece on the issue.