Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Indiana

Re: medical bill responsibility

Unless children expressly agree with the medical provider to be responsible for the medical bill of their parents, then the children are not responsible. However, let's say the parent dies. The medical care provider can file a claim against the parent's estate, if there is an estate, and collect from the estate before anything is distributed to the children from the estate. So in that case, the children pay indirectly. Let's say the parent isn't dead, but already gave property to the children, then had medical services under Medicaid (not Medicare, which is real insurance.) In that case, Medicaid could attach the property or equivalent value which was trasferred to the children, so in that sense the children would pay. But usually, children are not responsible for parents' medical expenses. Hope that answers the question.