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Franzia (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:08 PM Original message |
Pay Your Parents' Bills or Else |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. universal health care NOW |
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Franzia (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I agree 100%. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. This has nothing to do with health care. It is about housing. nt |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. i suppose, if you want to call a roof over your head with full-time nursing care "housing" |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. she needs to tell her story to the universe, shame the bastards. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Lawyers on D/U, I always thought death took care of debt and it was not passed on to family. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Parent's debt isn't really the issue. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. If Parent's debt isn't the issue. What you are saying is if my folks go into a Nursing home and die |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. if there are assets at the time of death bills need to be paid out of it |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. If YOU sign someone IN , you are the next in line to be asked to pay |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here are the 30 states. I know I'm not the only one wondering. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. In what universe is this BS legal in any way? |
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Franzia (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It is a sign of an increasingly desperate profit-driven medical industry . |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Settle down & read it all, guys -- |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. exactly! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I fought the State of California over this back in the early 90's |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Doesn't Medicare pay anymore? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No, honey -- read the link. Mom MAY qualify for assistance NOW, depending on her |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Luckily it was all resolved.. from the article |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. ..was my first question as well.. parts of the article that address it: |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yes, But You Have to Separate Assets |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Err, not exactly true in the 30 states with filial support legislation |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. My mother died last November after 23 months in an Alzheimer's unit. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Medicare has never covered long-terrm "custodial" care. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. I am in this situation with my wife as I am her caretaker and we live on her Pension. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Shame on a country that allows this shit to happen..... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Are you suggesting federally funded elder care for all citizens? nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's a testament to the sleaziness of those who own & run hospitals and care facilities. |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. THAT BASTARD RON PAUL SAID THAT HEALTH INSURANCE |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. COULD YOU SPEAK UP? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Uh, sweetie, it's worse than that! He said No rioght to HEALTH CARE |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. I can tell ya what the law is in Calif on an elderly/disabled parent: |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. when my mom passed away some years ago . . . |
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Johnny2X2X (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Poor House |
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