# My Brother Has Cancer, Has Been Fired. Advice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-cancer-has-been-fired-advice/840350>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-cancer-has-been-fired-advice/840350 "2019-09-16T21:46:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-cancer-has-been-fired-advice/840350/21 "2019-09-22T19:59:17Z")

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Sometimes he reaches out, sometime he shuts down communication.

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**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-cancer-has-been-fired-advice/840350/22 "2019-09-22T23:53:21Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> Doesn’t everybody who gets fired or laid off get walked out nowadays?

Maybe in the movies.

Or in real life if they work for a huge company or something.

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-cancer-has-been-fired-advice/840350/23 "2019-09-23T00:45:56Z")

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Work out what it will take to get him on Medicaid asap.

Financially, see if a discretionary trust or divestment would help or hinder him or simply would not be relevant in getting Medicaid.

If coverage can not be found, go abroad for medical care.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-has-cancer-has-been-fired-advice/840350/24 "2019-09-23T00:59:13Z")

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> [@Muffin](#):
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> Work out what it will take to get him on Medicaid asap.
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> Financially, see if a discretionary trust or divestment would help or hinder him or simply would not be relevant in getting Medicaid.
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> If coverage can not be found, go abroad for medical care.

I wish either he or I had the money to accomplish those things.

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