My father was recently diagnosed with cancer and has 1-2 years left according to doctors. He lives with me in the Midwest and I'm his primary caregiver.
He's been in an out of hospitals and doctors' offices for the past five months, and while 98% of it has been covered, there's still the other 2%. A bill for $2000 for some transportation from one hospital to another. A bill for $1000 for a certain specialist to see him. Etc.
He doesn't check the mail and I've been giving my phone/email instead of his, so he doesn't know. He has not been taking the diagnosis well and I don't want to add stress right now.
But... he's going to die. I've been watching him deteriorate for months now, and his cancer is uncurable. He only has $15k to his name, so these bills and any future incurred items could take a serious chunk of his money that I may need later to cover costs of hospice or a nursing home for end days, not to mention the funeral. I have POA and am on his bank account, so the plan is for me to pay for these costs and then split the remainder between my brother and I. He doesn't have a will.
So would it be terrible to just ignore these bills? Will they go away after he dies if I send a copy of the death certificate?
Submitted March 27, 2019 at 01:02AM by Caregiver12345 https://ift.tt/2Wws0Nz
