CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE: American Health Care Act

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30. When a friend died his veteran's benefit was not enough to pay for cremation

At the cheapest place in Southwest Georgia. His wife had the memorial service at their five acre place - outside because the only structure, the camper they lived in, wasn't big enough to fit his family much less all his friends. We all chipped in some money to help out his widow, but it took her two years to finish paying off that bill and his final medical bills.

My sister has had a number of friends who were borderline homeless and dying. Over the last ten years she has paid for several cremations so they weren't a burden to the county. She and her husband have prepaid their final expenses. I need to make those arrangements, too, so my husband doesn't have to deal with it if I go first - if I can afford to, I'd like to pre-pay for us both. It's a good idea if at all possible so all the choices are made and no one has to deal with it at the worst time.