If I get a 1-2 month temp job, what happens to my unemployment benefits & health insurance? (collect, receive)

[w55w]

would I be able to receive unemployment benefits after the 1-2 month period? and at that point, for how long can I collect? For the same amount of weeks I would have been able to continue collecting if I had never taken the temp job? Or that number of weeks minus the months I worked?

in other words, if today I can collect for 5 more months, then if tomorrow I take a 2 month temp job, then in 2 months when I'm again unemployed will I be able to collect for 5 more months, or only 3 more months?

Also, what happens to my DUA health insurance? would I lose it while I'm employed?

Most temp jobs that I know of don't offer health insurance benefits to their employees, and I want to know how I'd be expected to pay for my medicines during those months without health insurance. The combined total for my meds is around $800/month if I were to pay for them with money out my own pockets. And figure that I'd probably be making like $10/hour at a temp job. umm. I wonder if I am better off gambling with my health and see how I do unmedicated for 2 months?

[Ariadne22]

My comments in bold:

Originally Posted by w55w

would I be able to receive unemployment benefits after the 1-2 month period?

Yes.

in other words, if today I can collect for 5 more months, then if tomorrow I take a 2 month temp job, then in 2 months when I'm again unemployed will I be able to collect for 5 more months, or only 3 more months?

Same amount of weeks, federal legislation and triggers providing - which is very questionable at this point. See your other thread.

//www.city-data.com/forum/unemp...st-my-job.html

Your working will not affect this. Congressional legislation will.

Also, what happens to my DUA health insurance? would I lose it while I'm employed?

Call Massachusetts for answers on this.