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Experts say baby boomers will give more than $50 trillion to their heirs. But for many, health care costs will claim the bulk of that wealth.

The story goes that baby boomers are going to give tens of trillions of dollars to their heirs over the next few decades.

The “generational wealth transfer” has become a media fascination, both for its eye-popping size and because it might help younger generations as they face doubts about their financial security.

That shift is already in the works, and will continue for a couple of decades. According to wealth management firm Cerulli Associates, some $53 trillion will be passed down from boomers to their Gen X, millennial and Gen Z heirs, as well as to charities. That includes both gifts during their lifetimes and inheritances afterward.

But the overwhelming cost of health care for older people means most people in those later generations won’t inherit much, even if their elders seem well-off today.

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 86 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm GenX. I've spent my entire life watching the Boomers fuck things up, then having to wade through the debris they leave in their wake.

I'm not expecting that to change now.

[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

GenX here as well. My mother died horribly of cancer when I was 13 and my father left about two weeks after her death and I was legally transferred to the State's custody.

I've been told I'm "lucky" in that I'll never have to shoulder my parent's debt. So, you other people don't know how lucky it was to be an orphan! But no really, a finical planner literally indicated to me that, THAT was a positive. And somehow that's really colored my opinion on where we are as a society.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by shoulder your parent's debt? Do you live somewhere that debts can transfer to children?

[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah here in Tennessee we have filial laws that puts some of that debt that parents rack up on the backs of the children. TCA § 71-5-115.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a great reason to GTFO of Tennessee

[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

As much as I liked to blame Governor HVAC. It's really the fact that the Frist family exists.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-can-adult-child-become-liable-parents-nursing-home-a-perry

Looks like that is very narrow in scope and has only been applied one time throughout the entire us.

Effectively the chances of inheriting debt through this is zero.