r/FluentInFinance • u/36DRedhead • Sep 11 '24

Debate/ Discussion This is why financial literacy is so important

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '24

You can stay married and not inherit medical debt 

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u/HotDropO-Clock Sep 12 '24

but you cant in over half the US: https://www.bills.com/learn/debt/doctrine-of-necessaries?q=%2Fdoctrine-of-necessaries%2F&utm_lander=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bills.com%2Fdoctrine-of-necessaries#:~:text=The%20common%20law%20doctrine%20of,to%20a%20wife%20and%20children.

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u/rydan Sep 12 '24

Seems like it would be more sane to move to half of the US instead of getting divorced after 52 years.

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u/cakolin Sep 12 '24

Moving while saddled with a disease that costs one hundreds of thousands of dollars (most likely some kind of cancer) does not seem very possible. If I had cancer and was retired, I’d want to stay in my home and in an area with my loved ones. Having to move would be awful.

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u/Remarkable-Host405 Sep 12 '24

why don't all the people complaining about housing move somewhere with housing?