Yes ... they must be paid because services were rendered for medical care received. The hospital cannot absorb those costs, as they had to pay their employees already for their time worked as hospital staff.
yes
In California the estate will be responsible for the medical bills of the deceased. Only after they are resolved can the estate be closed and any remainder distributed.
In Arizona the estate is responsible for the medical bills of the deceased. Only after they are resolved can the estate be closed any remainder distributed. So the wife cannot inherit anything until the bills are resolved.
Technically the estate is responsible for all the debts of the deceased. The spouse, through the estate, has to pay off the debts.
The estate will be responsible. The husband indirectly will pay, as they cannot inherit until they are resolved.
Kentucky requires that debts be resolved before an estate is settled. That means the bills have to be paid before anything can be distributed.
No and Yes. The estate is responsible for the medical bills of the deceased. And since the spouse is normally the recipient of the estate, the bills will affect how much the spouse will inherit. Some of the assets, such as property held as Tenants in the Entirety, becomes the property of the spouse. Other assets may have to be liquidated to pay the bills, including medical expenses and funeral costs.
If the deceased person is your wife then I think you are responsible for her medical bills
In Kentucky the estate will be responsible. The spouse indirectly will pay, as they cannot inherit until they are resolved.
In Florida the estate will be responsible. The spouse indirectly will pay, as they cannot inherit until they are resolved.
The hospitals often will forgive medical bills if the attorney or spouse calls the collection or billing agency for the hospital. Often, hospital bills are one of the bills not required to be paid at all by the spouse.
A married couple share responsibility for all debts. If he is deceased, the estate will have to resolve the debt before she can receive her inheritance.