On 5/15/15 1:52 PM, dpb wrote:

Nothing there has any real urgency and hence the urging of "immediate".
As long as the election is made and the expenses paid within the year,
it's all immaterial as to whether it's the day after or 364 days after.

As trader also says, nothing posited so far providee any reason for such
a clause being included.

1. Medical bills are usually big.

2. Between what's supposed to be billed to insurers and what's supposed
to be reimbursed, medical bills can be complicated to resolve.

3. Substantial items on medical bills may be open to dispute.

So the lawyer advises the client to instruct the executor to attend to
the medical bills immediately. Otherwise, the lawyer may not be able to
give the inheritor his money in time to get into law school.