Law's Eric Chaffee weighs in on Dover factory insurance investigation

3News Investigates: Workers accuse Dover factory of deducting insurance premiums while medical bills go unpaid

WKYC: Eric Chaffee, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law, said employers administering self-insured health plans have a fiduciary duty under ERISA to use employee premiums to pay medical claims. Reports that workers were asked to pay bills out of pocket are a “red flag,” he said, adding the situation is “clearly problematic.”