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25. There are, indeed, such "filial responsibility" laws

on the books of a good number of states at this time. The thing is, though, until recently, most of those states had not been enforcing such laws and had not been going after the assets of the children of nursing home residents on Medicaid, nor had most nursing homes been using such laws to go after the children of their residents who are not on Medicaid but who either couldn't or wouldn't pay the bills. So most people didn't know about them even if their state had had the laws on their books for decades, which some have.

However, more and more of these cash-strapped states have begun enforcing such laws, and said enforcement has already financially ruined many families. There was the case, for instance, of the man in Pennsylvania who was held responsible for a $93,000 (yes, that's THOUSANDS) bill for the nursing home his mother was in; the ruling against him was upheld by the appeals court. Never mind that he has little enough, himself. He is financially ruined for the rest of his life. Get ready for more and more of this shit.