Here's how the fat tax affects the funeral business and people with larger bodies. askamortian plussizeproblems FatTax
The English Poet John Donne said, “Death comes equally to us all” and “makes us all equal when it comes.” Mmm, questionable. I’m guessing Donne wasn’t fat, ’cause it turns out, the typical Western rituals around death and burial can be challenging for fat folks and their families, and are often more expensive, too.
Understanding the fat tax. Plus-size people often pay more for everything from flights to fashion. That doesn’t stop when your heart does. If a body does not fit into the “standard” casket , an “oversize” casket can run about $500 more. A larger casket also requires a bigger cemetery plot, which can be difficult to find. Ideally, Doughty says, the cemetery will “work with the family to do everything they can to not have them buy two plots,” which, of course, would cost double the money.
Pre-planning is key. Even expected deaths can be traumatic for those left behind, and finding out about additional charges, or worse, that a funeral home can’t accommodate the wishes of the deceased, just adds to the stress. “The more openly fatness is talked about in the death-planning conversation, the less it has to be a potential point of tension,” Doughty explains. An understanding and knowledgable death doula might be helpful in the death-planning process.
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