Thanks for the ideas guys!

i sort of posted before I knew everything that's going to happen. Dad is 57 and planning to go out on his own, basically doing the same thing he was (he was in sales). He is getting severance pay, one week of pay for every year he has been at the company (32 years). He will still have his insurance until the end of April, then it will continue throughout the rest of those 32 weeks with him paying 22%. I don't know if that is considered COBRA - I don't really know anything about any of this. Through the company he gets to meet with someone who will help him with things like his resume - might be like what you do ES? I'm not entirely sure, but it might be the same thing. I will tell him to ask her about insurance, maybe she can help. Thank you for the info about COBRA, it's great that the government is helping to pay for that. I will let him know and PM you if I have any other questions about it.

I guess my main concern about the whole thing is really one of my mom's prescriptions. She can't take the generic, and it's expensive. With insurance she pays about $100/month I think. I didn't know that AARP had insurance plans, I will definitely look into that.

Sorry this is so long, and thanks for the replies everyone. I have heard about so many layoffs lately, it's really scary.