Fired after telling HR I needed surgery. They cancelled my family’s insurance immediately.
ETA to answer some questions: I submitted an inquiry with EEOC. I have to wait for my interview in February to sue them. I can’t afford a lawyer, and none I contacted will do a contingency plan. I can’t afford COBRA, I don’t have a job. I am filing unemployment today. They fired me 4 days before the end of the month.It’s absolutely fucking insane that a job can just ruin your life on a weekday for something that had never been brought up prior. So now not only am I getting MORE sick from my surgery having to be cancelled, my oldest child has a cavity that she was supposed to be getting fixed next week and I will have to pay $400 out of pocket to do so when I have no income. Medicaid is backed up with applications, so all I can do is hope I’ll somehow get reimbursed.
I HATE IT HERE.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1fw07rf/fired_after_telling_hr_i_needed_surgery_they/
Valiant-Jellyfish
I was fired the day I had to get a biopsy for cancer. 3 weeks before Christmas. They canceled my insurance that day. No biopsy. Do I have cancer? Who knows.
Ok-Accountant5973
My brother was Fired the same day he told his manager that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer 2 weeks before Christmas. He had 2 small children and one on the way when they did that to him. They also gave him a week to move because the apartment he living at was at the same apartment complex that he worked at.
kearneycation
As a Canadian, having your health insurance tied to employment just seems so wild to me. This sucks, I just feel bad for y’all.
I was hospitalized a couple years ago for two weeks: had a chest tube inserted, had to have regular MRIs, xrays, blood work, etc. Had pain meds when I needed them. A follow-up a month later then again two months later.
I didn’t have to think about money once the entire time. When I was discharged I was just discharged, no talk of insurance or a bill or anything. It was stressful enough, the last thing I needed was financial stress on top of it.