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The deceases "estate" should take care of any medical bills that have gone unpaid. Also Medicare should be paying part of this if the deceased was age 65 or over. Whether or not the hospital can come after family members for this needs to be answered. Surviving family members are not responsible for medical costs of a deceased person unless they entered into a written contract with the care facility.

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If your parent/s have an 'estate' or insurance policies...any source of income that is available, the outstanding bills can request payment from the estate after funeral is paid for. If there is no estate (no money), you must write to each creditor to inform them there is no estate and no money to pay lenders (bills). Children are not responsible for parents debt (unless your name is on the account also).

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The estate is responsible for paying all debts.

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Generally, the dedecent's estate is responsible for the debts of the decedent. If there are not enough assets to pay the debts the estate is declared insolvent.

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