title: Up against ERISA.
abstract: In the absence of national health care reform, many states are eager to press forward with their own reforms. But there's a stumbling block: the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act, which bars states from taxing and regulating many health plans. And the business lobby promises to fight efforts to weaken the law.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Serafini
mesh_terms: D006254:Hawaii; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D010415:Pensions; D012179:Retirement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States