If a person is now on Medicaid and in a nursing home what should be done with that person's credit card debt?

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The person in charge of the affairs of the patient should contact the creditors and inform them of the situation. Most nursing.care facilities have social service people who can assist with this action. There is nothing a creditor can do in this situation, unless the accounts are joint. In that case the other party is responsible for the debt. If would appear that this person is judgment proof, but I don't know what sort of assets, they might have, so I cannot address that issue. Feel free to email me if I can be of further help.

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