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[-] socphoenix@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Only partly true there I’m afraid. Pennsylvania allows for children to be responsible for medical and long term care bills from their parents under a filial support law:

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=23&div=0&chpt=46

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

PA is only purple on the side that faces the rest of the country.

At state government level, it's a special breed of the worst aspects of both parties.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That’s not the same.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but I read that as if a person in poverty is receiving public assistance, parents or children may be responsible for some of that cost.

Not the same as inheriting debt

[-] socphoenix@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

That’s still owing money for something I would have never had a say in so call it whatever you want but it meets the definition of debt.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It’s similar to child support. In many states, if a child is in poverty and receiving services, the state claims the right to collect from parents, regardless of circumstances or prior judgements. It doesn’t seem entirely fair but there is a similar connection here, and it is explicitly for care while alive that you owe while they are alive. It does not cover debt incurred nor is it inheriting: you owed it all along

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