ERISA Preemption of “Any Willing Provider” Laws—An Essential Step Toward National Health Care Reform

In his 1992 Presidential campaign, Bill Clinton focused national attention on health care reform in an attempt to win the approval of American voters.'The campaign and related media blitz on the health care reform debate made it common knowledge that thirty-five million Americans have no health insurance, 2 that health care costs represent fourteen percent of the gross domestic product of the United States 3 and that the future of health care delivery lies in something known as "managed care." 4 1.See Ann Reilly Dowd, His First 100 Days; The Outlook for Business, FORTUNE, Nov. 30