Reuven,

Sophiee already gave good suggestions. Please keep in mind that I don't know if your state does this or not, but in California there is a program called State Disability Insurance (SDI). This program is something a person pays into while they work, on the state level - not federal (Social Security) level. When a person is unable to work due to an illness, they are allowed to collect SDI, which is different from Unemployment provided someone has worked long enough to collect from SDI.

Here in California, if you are on Unemployment, you have to be actively searching for work while collecting this benefit or lose the money for the week. With SDI, you are ill, not having to search for work and still collecting the benefits.

Might be worth looking into. Hope this helps.

Shalom,

LeAnn