Posted By: insert funny name on 2008-05-12
In Reply to: Is this a good idea or a bad one? - sm.

I'm pretty sure the hospital can't actually take anything from him. In his shoes and being elderly, before I did any of that stuff I would look into reverse mortgage. He could perhaps get enough to pay all of it or very close and then make payments on the remainder.

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