Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med...
by cherryturnover on Friday July 02, 2021 @03:17PM
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>In 2012, the media reported the case of John Pittas, whose mother had received care in a skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania after an accident and then moved to Greece. The nursing home sued her son directly, before even trying to collect from Medicaid. A court in Pennsylvania ruled that the son must pay, according to the Pennsylvania filial responsibility law
That is literally inheriting debt. That should be illegal, yet almost half the country allows this.
Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med...
by klodolph on Friday July 02, 2021 @05:16PM
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It's mostly just Pennsylvania. There are something like 29 different states with some kind of filial support laws on the books, but Pennsylvania is the crazy one.
That is literally inheriting debt. That should be illegal, yet almost half the country allows this.