The conflict between ERISA and local healthcare reform.
In 2007, two different federal courts held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) pre-empts some version of pay-or-play laws enacted in Maryland and New York. ERISA continues to complicate the states' ability to include employers in efforts to reform health coverage financing.
Fedor
Frank P
FP
Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP, Sacramento, Calif, USA. ffedor@murphyaustin.com
Sung
River
R
D019461:Employee Retirement Income Security Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D009111:Local Government; D008396:Maryland; D009518:New York; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States