Nidia - I sympathize with your situation, but these boards do not deal with this kind of issue much. Each denial of benefits is so unique and individual that I do not think anyone will have an absolute answer for you. Of course there are COBRA benefits with his old insurance for a period after his termination. The issue of discrimination in that termination is something that the legal battle you will have to wage will determine, and all I can say is it would not be the first time that an employer behaved this way. May those that do so all rot in a dark place.

The only options you have right now are your legal ones, and dealing with the various state and federal agencies. On our additional resources page, from the main navigation bar of the front page of our web site, what outside assistance we have been able to locate and define is listed. In this economy it isn't much. But you are going to have to work the phones with every possible agency out there to get him what he needs. Take names, lots of notes and reasons for denial. You would not be the first person to have to threaten legal action against a state agency to get what you need, and actually are qualified for. The legal options should they prove fruitful, will take time, and that may not be on your side. I wish we could be more help here. We all wish you the best.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.