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GBJGBJGBJx3 t1_j6zuyob wrote

My mother passed away in '18 after a long battle with Breast Cancer and was burdened with tens of thousands in medical debt at the end of it even with decent insurance through Access Health. Sister and I had to forfeit our family home to creditors as a result. This is such a welcome move, though I wish some system to prevent this debt from accruing again was also underway. Happy to see CT leading in this area for once.

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SixToesLeftFoot t1_j70mllv wrote

Unless you or your sister signed something agreeing to pay, her bills are not on you. They can tell you that they are, and if you say you will pay them you are on the hook, but if your assets were your own (i.e. your moms name not on them) then you had every right to tell the insurance company to go fuck themselves; in plain English.

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GBJGBJGBJx3 t1_j70oqp7 wrote

Appreciate the input, but the home was still in her name at the time of death so it was up for grabs as soon as her estate opened. Luckily we knew enough to protect ourselves from getting on the hook for anything personally, but still such a shame to see the roof she worked tirelessly through treatment to keep over my sister and I's head basically go up in smoke because this country cares more about profits than human life.

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SixToesLeftFoot t1_j70pv7x wrote

Yeah, that does suck; sorry to hear it. And condolences on the loss of your mom.

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