Ken: Let me guess….you work in the funeral industry? LOL Obviously, the Reader’s Digest article does take some literary license, but most of it IS true. Unfortunately, there are bad players out there that give reputable funeral homes a bad name. If the reputable funeral homes don’t want to get painted with the same bad brush as the shady establishments, then they should do something about it and take a more active role with the state Funeral Board and file complaints and support Board investigations to get the scam artists to clean up their act or shut down their operations.