{"id":4917,"date":"2026-02-05T15:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/while-unable-to-work-and-collecting-workers-compensation-benefits-my-employer-discontinued-my-healthcare-coverage-is-this-legal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:22:41","slug":"while-unable-to-work-and-collecting-workers-compensation-benefits-my-employer-discontinued-my-healthcare-coverage-is-this-legal","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/frequently-asked-questions\/while-unable-to-work-and-collecting-workers-compensation-benefits-my-employer-discontinued-my-healthcare-coverage-is-this-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mientras estaba incapacitado para trabajar y cobraba la indemnizaci\u00f3n por accidente de trabajo, mi empresa suspendi\u00f3 mi cobertura sanitaria. \u00bfEs legal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, there is nothing to prevent an employer from cancelling your health insurance while you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/areas-de-practica\/indemnizacion-por-accidente-laboral\/\">unable to work due to injury<\/a>. There are protections provided at the federal level by the Family Medical Leave Act and COBRA, however. These programs mandate a continuation of healthcare coverage for you while you are injured if you are willing to pay the cost of the policy yourself.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","faq-category":[673],"class_list":["post-4917","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-workers-compensation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/4917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=4917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}