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At what age are children responsible for their own hospital bills?
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Children become responsible for their own medical bills at the age of 18. This means that any bills that are incurred prior to the age of 18 are still the responsibility of a parent or guardian.
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it deapends on were you live. if you live in America the age is 17 but your parents are responsible if you get charged or need to go to doctor or hospital
You were recently in the hospital age 18 whose responsible for the bills?
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Who is the responsible party for medical bills for children over 18?
The question answers itself. People over the age of 18 are not children. They are adults and as such are responsible for their own debts. Insurance coverage under your policy does not imply legal financial responsibility on your part.
What are the laws for responsibility of health insurance for a teen pregnant child IN CT.?
If the child is under age 18, then the parent is responsible for her medical bills. That is not the same as being responsible for providing her health insurance. At this point, (2013), there is not a requirement to have health insurance. If the child is age 18 or older, then the parent is not responsible for her bills. The hospital or physician's office may try to involve you, and encourage you to help her, but legally, the parent would not have the responsibility.
Are adult children responsible for hospital debt of deceased parent?
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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