Ana Miminoshvili for NBC News FOR SUBSCRIBERSUnaffordable AmericaFuneral credit cards, rented caskets, Amazon urns: Here’s how Americans are coping with the rising cost of dying.Aug. 26, 2026, 7:01 AM EDTThis article is part of “Unaffordable America,” a series examining rising economic inequality in the U.S. and the policies that drive it.Lanasia Robinson’s mother never wanted to be cremated. But her ashes are now inside her daughter’s apartment because the family couldn’t afford the more than $10,000 for a burial. Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
Even death is unaffordable in America now
Funeral credit cards, rented caskets, Amazon urns: Here’s how Americans are coping with the rising cost of dying.
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