Protecting Retirees’ Health Care Benefits: Leading Lawyers on Negotiating Costs, Preventing Discrimination, and Ensuring Quality Medical Coverage (Inside the Minds)

Protecting Retirees' Health Care Benefits provides a comprehensive look at healthcare benefit law as it applies to retirees, addressing crucial topics such as the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid, and the discrepancies between employees' and executives' benefit packages. Where healthcare is concerned, many retirees are in a vulnerable position: separating from their employers at the time of life when medical care often becomes more important, complicated, and costly. To safeguard their benefits, the attorneys representing them must be well-informed and up-to-date about the latest issues and trends.

In this Aspatore legal title, experienced lawyers offer their advice on negotiating the language and terms in specific plans, handling benefit packages for early retirees, and evaluating options and restrictions. They also discuss the escalating costs of long-term care and other developments, and share their thoughts on the likely future of healthcare for retirees. Attorneys working for the rapidly-growing retiree population will find a number of insights in this book that will ultimately help them better serve their clients.