Dear OCF members Please help!
The reason for my e-mail is because I have a brother who is a brain cancer survivor.
He wa recently fired from his job. We believe
that he was fired in a discriminatory manner
his employer provided insurance for him during
his cancer treatment. They were just awaiting the oportunity to fire him and found any excuse to reduce his work hours, change his schedule many times at any given notice etc.
He recently filed for unemployment and was found liable and is receiving benefits.
Thus, my brother is left with no insurance and
with a terrible ordeal because he has no health insurance to pay for his over priced medication. He lives in PG county, Maryland and was denied medicaid.
The type of brain cancer he had was an intracraneal germinoma of the pituitary gland.
After his treatment which involved chemo, radiation and a shunt; he was left with
a non-functional pituitary gland, which means
he is no longer able to produce the normal and important hormones his body needs to survive.
Whithout his medication he will not be able to live very long.
What things can we do? Does he have a case against his former employer for discrimination?
How will he pay for his medication?
Please help I love my brother and I was there for him since day one and once again he needs my help please advice me on the best things we can do to help him.
Thanks sincerely,
Nidia Dominguez