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The burden of death: Expenses can be heavy
If you're one of those people who'd never really thought about how much it might cost you to die, brace yourself. A senior near the time of his death can generate more than $50,000 in medical, funeral, and burial costs, according to a study released by the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis.
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BY PATRICIA V. RIVERA,
The Dallas Morning News,
10/01/2002 08:29 AM PDT)
Funeral on a budget
A new type of funeral business that offers discount merchandise is now undercutting local undertakers. In the past, such merchandise as coffins, cremation goods, flowers and urns were sold exclusively at funeral homes.
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By Stan Donaldson Jr.,
Beacon Journal staff writer,
08/12/2002 08:51 AM PDT)
A word on wills
Do you have a will? Yes, but it hasn't been reviewed in years. Have you talked to your kids about it? Are you kidding? Then who will take care of them if you and your spouse die unexpectedly? Oh, I'm sure my sister wouldn't hesitate to step in.
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BY STEVE ROSEN,
Knight Ridder Newspapers,
08/12/2002 08:29 AM PDT)
The estate tax as campaign fodder
The estate tax has morphed from a public policy issue into a kind of bad situation comedy. Instead of argument, counterproposal and compromise, Congress has turned the debate into a kind of workshop for campaign-ad scriptwriters tuning up for the fall elections.
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By Andrew Cassel,
Inquirer Columnist,
06/14/2002 11:40 AM PDT)
Plan ahead to sidestep ever-shifting estate tax
What do you call something that exists one moment, disappears the next, then reappears... unless it doesn't? No, it's not an exotic subatomic particle: It's the estate tax.
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By Jeff Brown,
Inquirer Columnist,
06/11/2002 03:11 PM PDT)
How to tell young children about their parents' will
How do you reassure your children that they would be OK if you were to become incapacitated or die? How much should you say, or should you tell them anything at all?
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By Steve Rosen,
Knight Ridder News Service,
06/11/2002 10:24 AM PDT)
Inheriting a retirement account has tax consequences
Americans have long been encouraged to save for retirement, and many have accumulated sizable Individual Retirement Accounts and company-sponsored 401(k) plan accounts.
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By Eileen Alt Powell,
Associated Press,
05/29/2002 03:02 PM PDT)
Ailing couple needs advice on insurance, investments
Q. I am dying from prostate cancer. When I die, my wife will receive $600,000 from a term life insurance policy I have. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1998, and it currently is in remission.
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BY ERIC TYSON,
Columnist,
05/23/2002 05:19 PM PDT)
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