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Final Expense Life Insurance:

Final Expense insurance is a type of life insurance that helps seniors cover end-of-life bills, such as funeral expenses and healthcare.

If you don’t have a final expense life insurance plan in place for the one's that you care for the most, your loved ones will unfortunately be left with the responsibility of paying any remaining expenses. Funeral costs are expensive, and there are probably more costs than you were aware of.

According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the national median cost for a funeral with a burial and vault is close to $9,000. The national median cost for a funeral with cremation is now over $6,000. The benefit you receive from the government when you are on social security is just a small amount of $255.00.

These cost estimates do not include the cemetery plot ($2,000), monument (up to $10,000) or grave marker ($1,000), or miscellaneous items like flowers ($200) or an obituary ($200). If we factor those costs in, the average cost for a funeral with a burial and vault can be more like $15,000.

The funeral estimate obviously doesn’t include other end-of-life costs, such as healthcare and legal expenses. Here’s a list of items your loved ones might be responsible for immediately following death:

  • Credit card debt
  • Catering
  • End of Life Healthcare
  • Funeral home
  • Casket
  • Household expenses, such as utilities
  • Burial vault/grave liner
  • Hearse and services car
  • Removal and transfer of remains
  • Flower arrangements
  • Legal expenses, such as probate
  • Outstanding mortgage/car loan
  • Travel and lodging for out-of-state family attending funeral
  • Grave marker
  • Obituary
  • Cremation
  • Embalming and praperation

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Joshua Brownson

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Joshua Brownson

Licensed Medicare Broker in Riverside, California

I have worked in the senior industry for over 20 years I have experience in various portions of the industry that most independent brokers don't. Everything from social work, working with the disabled, veterans, legal, pharmaceutical industry, vocational ministry, nursing home chaplain officiated funerals, activities director, manager at a homecare and hospice agency, counseled families in time of loss, all in all I have served, loved, and cared for thousands of people. My 1st job is to know you care, for you, and ease your way whether you become my client or not. I have worked in the Medicare space for the last 5 years and helped over 500 Medicare Recipients in ways most never could. I have grown to create an agency and guide several agents in their careers. I have a large team behind me and lead a Senior Resource Group SOS (Seniors Options & Solutions) we have over 40 companies that are part of our growing network, whether you need a good caregiver, attorney, CPA, good doctor, hospice provider, skilled nursing, VA specialist, real estate agent, plumber, electrician, or mechanic that won't rip off grandma...and so much more if you need assistance we know someone personally who can help you with your need and if we don't know someone we know someone who can find them. I have saved a client from high Rx costs going from $19k to $2k annually. I have helped Cancer patients and AIDS patients get approved for Rx Grant for even high-income individuals. Helped a client find a good heart doctor he swears I saved his life. I have resources to get free in-home care regardless of income. I work with my heart and treat my clients like friends and family and involve them in community, and family events and connect them with each other so that they don't have to age alone. I help people find love and a sense of purpose. My agency is my calling and ministry Jeremiah 29:11 God Bless and have a Happy Day!

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