Federal Judge Finds ACA Association Rule Violates ERISA

Mealey's (March 29, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) rule expanding the availability of association health plans “does violence” to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by exploding the definition of an employer, a federal judge in the District of Columbia said March 28 (New York, et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor, et al., No. 18-1747, D. D.C.)....