Houston - Ivonne Villarreal says she furious that her 69-year-old father was fired and cut off from his health insurance on the same day he told his employer he tested positive for COVID-19.That was December 30.
The next day, his symptoms got worse."He had to go to the hospital. We wouldn't have known that his insurance was terminated until I got the letter," Ivonne noted.The letter she refers to were his options through COBRA -- which gives some workers who lose health benefits the right to continue coverage for a limited time and, typically, it's expensive."To me was like total disregard.
They don't care. He was nothing," Ivonne said. She notes her father had worked for Yellow Cab Houston, previously Pasadena Taxi, for more than 35 years..