NEWS & FCAME PUBLICATIONS
FCAME in the News
Opinion Editorial published in the Baltimore Sun
Greed Turns ‘Pre-Needs’ Into Problem, January 29, 2007
Letters and Close-to-Home pieces published in The Washington Post
Money for Human Tissue, July 7, 2005
The Issues Raised by Higher Fees, June 7, 2004
No laughing matter, October 18, 2003
Oversight for a Final Passage, September 2, 2002
Mortuaries Find Profit in Confusion, August 26, 2001
FCAME Publications
FCAME Newsletters
- Spring, 2007
- The Results of our 2007 Mortuary Price Survey: Compelling Reasons to Know your Rights exposes shenanigans we recently found and dissects the intricacies of funeral pricing.
- Autumn, 2006
- The Perils of Preneeds explains the risks of preneed funeral contracts.
- Spring, 2006
- Mortuary Mischief is a sequel to the winter 2005 newsletter entitled A Stroll Down Mortuary Lane: it takes you on a “shopping spree” to mortuaries to see if morticians are complying with the Funeral Rule, crafted in 1982 to ensure accurate, itemized price information.
- Winter, 2005
- A Stroll Down Mortuary Lane takes you on a “shopping tour” to funeral homes and examines compliance—or lack thereof—with the Funeral Rule.
- Spring, 2004
- Tissue Donor—To be One or Not—That is the Question looks at the highly lucrative tissue industry and discusses moral concerns raised by the drive for profitability.