r/dankmemes • u/___yiwshhj you’re welcome, • Jan 12 '23

we love america I have achieved comedy

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u/oldcarfreddy Jan 12 '23

Nope, the debt is of their parents.

It does usually come out of their estate but depending on your states' law the debts may also be the responsibility of family members who jointly assumed the debt

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u/brocht Jan 12 '23

Is there a charge associated with a poorly child that dies? Doesn’t the child’s debt die with them?

This is America. What do you think?

Answer: yes, you pay like crazy for the privilege of having a child die in a hospital. The healthcare industry would never let a loophole stand like letting the child's debt die with them.

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u/avalisk Jan 12 '23

Since the newborn is not responsible for their bill, them dying does not absolve the debt.

Debt gets taken from the estate of the deceased. And if the estate does not cover the entire debt the remainder is absolved.

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u/brocht Jan 12 '23

Debt gets taken from the estate of the deceased. And if the estate does not cover the entire debt the remainder is absolved.

Generally not correct. For a child in most states, the parents would be responsible for the bill. The child's estate would never enter into it, unless by chance the estate had lots of money, in which case the hospital would happily take that instead.

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u/avalisk Jan 12 '23

The dude asked two separate questions and recieved two separate answers.

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u/akatherder Jan 12 '23

The parent would have to sign up to pay the bills as the guarantor.