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Unjust High Cost of Death

1/31/2018

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There is a TV commercial these days selling end of life insurance.  The commercial claims that the average funeral costs over $8000.  The true cost of an average funeral is closer to $10,000, which does not take into consideration the cost of burial. How have we come to a place where dying costs so much?  How have we come to a place where we require people to hire a private entity?  Makes me wonder how state governments who have imposed such a heavy burden think of the people they serve. They must either have no regard for the people, or they must think that their people are just not intelligent enough to fill out paperwork.  My heart is so heavy for those who cannot pay the high price of death.  Some must leave their loved one’s body behind for the local government to care for them.  Some families go into debt just so that they can care for their loved one’s body in a manner they deem worthy.  Some must make choices in death care that they would rather not make, just because the price is easier to manage. The industry seems to chug along with only those who see the destruction and corruption stand up and try to make a change.  I think $10,000 is too much for an average cost for death.  Do you?  If you do, write your representatives on the State and Federal levels. Tell them what you think about this practice. The average cost is too high.  The average cost leaves out so many of our fellow human beings.  The average cost is too high, and absolutely unjust.
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    Caroline Vuyadinov


    I graduated from St. Vladamir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York with a Master of Divinity.  I trained as a chaplain following graduation and worked with a wide variety of people. 

    When I moved to Canada, I began work in a women's halfway house in Hamilton, Ontario which worked with women in conflict with the law on a federal level.  I became the program manager and  loved working alongside the women, creating their plans for their reintegration back to the community.  I also worked as a liaison with the parole board, parole officers and other community service providers.

    Upon my return to the United States, I worked in the Death Care Industry as a Family Service Counselor, which lead me to become a green burial advocate. I co-founded Midwest Green Burial Society with Juliann Salinas. I speak  to community groups and have developed practical seminars for a variety of audiences.  I have been interviewed on a national podcast and was featured on a WGN spot dealing with green burial. 

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