In recent years, some states and municipalities have become laboratories for experiments in mandating that businesses provide affordable health coverage for employees -- with employers fighting back in court. At the core of each challenge is the issue of whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act pre-empts local action. Now California is set to debate a health care system overhaul that would require employer contributions, and which already has businesses and consumers lining up on opposing sides.
August 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In recent years, some states and municipalities have become policy laboratories for experiments in mandating that businesses provide health coverage for uninsured employees at affordable rates.
But employers facing required contributions for coverage have decried the results as more akin to Frankenstein’s monster — and they’re fighting in court.
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