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Including Employer Financing in State Health Reform Initiatives: Implications of Recent Court Decisions
This Issue Brief discusses implications of federal court cases for state health reform. After outlining the reasons states may want to include employers as a source of health care financing, the paper discusses ERISA’s preemption principles, describes state and local laws that have imposed employer fees, and notes the key findings and conclusions from several court of appeals opinions. Based on principles drawn from these court decisions, the Brief then offers suggestions for how states can include employer assessments in financing health care programs while minimizing grounds for ERISA challenges.January 2009 -
Revisiting Pay or Play: How States Could Expand Employer-Based Coverage Within ERISA Constraints
This issue brief is designed to help policy makers design a state pay or play law to withstand an ERISA preemption challenge. The paper briefly outlines why ERISA raises problems for this type of state health policy initiative and how recent Supreme Court decisions have reduced ERISA’s preemptive impacts.May 2002 -
ERISA Preemption Manual for State Health Policy Makers: Update – January 2001
The report continues the dialogue begun in the ERISA Preemption Manual.January 2001 -
ERISA Preemption Manual for State Health Policy Makers
The manual offers detailed analysis and source materials related to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and its implications for state health care initiatives. State efforts to expand health care coverage and regulate insurance markets are affected by ERISA’s national standards for employee benefit plans. Though court decisions have narrowed the scope of ERISA, the reach of this federal law remains extensive. Published in conjunction with the Alpha Center and State Coverage Initiatives.
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