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From the NyTimes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/your-money/medical-bills-spouse-deceased.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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Alva, gotta say that was the funniest thing, I've ever read, that you wrote!
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I can't access this without promising them my first born, and I like her a lot, but this is/can be a complicated issue.
When a spouse dies it is quite honestly time to have an attorney present to access with important questions: Things vary according to how spouses hold their finances, privately or joint. Just lots of variation and loopholes. I would not manage the estate of a spouse as either spouse/executor/administrator without access to an attorney. I did find this on the internet:

"Who handles medical debt after someone dies?
Medical debt for the deceased is paid by a person’s estate — if the estate has enough assets. An estate with enough assets to pay any or all debts is considered “solvent.” If an estate does not have enough assets to pay debts, it is considered “insolvent.”
Survivors are not responsible for medical debt, in most cases. But survivors can be responsible for medical bills after someone dies if they are:
A surviving spouse who lives in a state where marital assets are owned jointly by spouses under the law. These states are known as community property states."

and etc. There's lots of info out there about the medical bills of a deceased spouse and in truth it looks in some instances contradictory. That's where I would want help with any substantial questions.
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