🔺 r/personalfinanceucram_iam·47 days ago
Mom is still getting billed by hospital after my dad died 6 years ago.
My dad caught covid in 2021 and died a month later after being in critical care and a hospital-induced coma. to say the least, it was tragic and expensive. There was some covid relief thing that covered some of the cost of the hospital, but not everything. I was 20 and my sister was 26/27. My parents lived in my sisters house. After my dad died, the hospital gave my mom a bunch of bills and documents to sign, she doesn’t speak English. In fears that the hospital would claim my sisters estate, my sister made my mom sign whatever paper made my mom responsible for paying my dads hospital bill. 6 years later (today) I opened an envelope addressed to my dad, its a bill for $4,300. So we are still getting hospital bills that arent even addressed to my mom and shes supposed to pay it. Shes 68 and unable to retire from her back-breaking job because shes too poor and her retirement benefits dont pay enough. My dad would be rolling in his grave knowing that he is burdening my mom with his debt, he was never the kind to trouble anybody with his own issues. I dont know enough about this but it just doesnt feel right. Does my mom HAVE to keep paying these bills? Is there something I can do to m…