Los Angeles Medical Benefit Attorneys

With skyrocketing medical costs and a downturn in the economy, employers are generating excuses to force changing medical benefits plans on their former employees. These changes push retirees with lifetime medical benefits into plans with higher premiums and more limited services. Far too frequently, retirees who are living on fixed incomes are being forced to pay higher fees for medical services, despite the fact that these plans are supposed to be stable.

Medical Benefit Lawyers in Los Angeles

If your former employer has made changes to your medical benefits after these benefits have vested, you may have legal recourse. Come to the Law Offices of Rheuban & Gresen in Los Angeles. We have extensive experience serving and protecting Southern California workers - and we will work diligently to ensure that your former employer provides retirees with health insurance as promised.

Contact us through email or call us at 818.815.2727 for a confidential consultation regarding your medical benefits.

Federal ERISA Laws Protect Benefits for Retired Employees

When employers promise lifelong medical benefits, employees count on these promises. The federal government understands the importance of these benefits, and provides strict laws for protecting these benefits for the majority of plans under ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Under ERISA, employers are generally not allowed to change the terms of vested benefits to the detriment of retirees. This includes changes to the percentage coverage for in-network and out of network care, or inappropriate increases to the premiums. The terms of health insurance are changing drastically - but retirees with vested benefits may be protected under ERISA.

Contact a Los Angeles Medical Benefit Attorney Today!

If your benefits plan has changed, come to our offices to discuss your concerns with one of our experienced attorneys. Attorneys Steven Rheuban and Solomon Gresen have more than forty years of combined experience protecting the rights of workers in Southern California through litigation and negotiation. We can help you with employment benefits concerns, even once you have moved into retirement.

You have already earned your medical benefits; don't let your employer take away something you are rightfully owed. Contact us today through email or call us at 818.815.2727.