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Even the capitalist dystopia of America doesn't have inheritance debt.
Only partly true there I’m afraid. Pennsylvania allows for children to be responsible for medical and long term care bills from their parents under a filial support law:
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=23&div=0&chpt=46
PA is only purple on the side that faces the rest of the country.
At state government level, it's a special breed of the worst aspects of both parties.
That’s not the same.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but I read that as if a person in poverty is receiving public assistance, parents or children may be responsible for some of that cost.
Not the same as inheriting debt
That’s still owing money for something I would have never had a say in so call it whatever you want but it meets the definition of debt.
It’s similar to child support. In many states, if a child is in poverty and receiving services, the state claims the right to collect from parents, regardless of circumstances or prior judgements. It doesn’t seem entirely fair but there is a similar connection here, and it is explicitly for care while alive that you owe while they are alive. It does not cover debt incurred nor is it inheriting: you owed it all along