Filial Responsibility Laws. More than half of the states have âfilial responsibilityâ laws that make adult children responsible for their parentsâ medical care, if their parents canât pay. These rules do not apply when a patient qualifies for Medicare â in that case, the Medicare system pays.
Illinois Lottery Can't Pay Its Winners. A budget stalemate in the Illinois legislature has forced the state to delay payment to lottery winners. The state hadn't been able to pay winners of over $25,000 since July 1, USA Today reports, and on Wednesday the state lowered the threshold to $600.
The winner of the previous largest Illinois Lottery prize, $218.6 million sold in downstate Red Bud in March of 2012, waited six weeks before claiming the prize, and assembled a team of financial planners, tax attorneys and investment specialists within days of the win.