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Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

J. Richard Ciccone

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On Labor Day 1974, President Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) into law (29 U.S.C. §§1001-1046). is law played a signicant role in the restructuring of health care, and made healthcare reform more dicult. e purpose of this chapter is to provide (a) a brief background of the events that led to enactment of the law; (b) an overview of the relationship of ERISA to health-care plans; and (c) a review of some attempts to have the courts remedy impediments to health care that managed care companies constructed by using ERISA as a shield.

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On Labor Day 1974, President Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) into law (29 U.S.C. §§1001-1046). is law played a signicant role in the restructuring of health care, and made healthcare reform more dicult. e purpose of this chapter is to provide (a) a brief background of the events that led to enactment of the law; (b) an overview of the relationship of ERISA to health-care plans; and (c) a review of some attempts to have the courts remedy impediments to health care that managed care companies constructed by using ERISA as a shield.

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On Labor Day 1974, President Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) into law (29 U.S.C. §§1001-1046). is law played a signicant role in the restructuring of health care, and made healthcare reform more dicult. e purpose of this chapter is to provide (a) a brief background of the events that led to enactment of the law; (b) an overview of the relationship of ERISA to health-care plans; and (c) a review of some attempts to have the courts remedy impediments to health care that managed care companies constructed by using ERISA as a shield.

Key concepts: Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Restructuring, Health care, Business, Labour law, Law, Political science, Finance

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