I was my mother's caregiver until her death. Four years later, I'm still struggling with the $17,000 medical debt.

Julie Peck was her mother's caregiver and is now paying off her medical debts. Will Crooks for BI My mom got sick, then gradually, and then all at once. In 2014, she survived a subarachnoid aneurysm that ruptured while she was driving on the West Virginia Turnpike. After stabilizing, she spent six months recovering with me in South Carolina before heading back to her townhouse in my hometown of Charleston, West Virginia. Unfortunately, her return was short-lived. Mom had a small stroke a yea...