Government Appeals Finding That ACA Association Rule Violates ERISA

(May 6, 2019, 1:59 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Labor on May 1 appealed to the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a ruling invalidating a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) rule expanding the availability of association health plans that the court found did “violence” to the Employee Retirement Income Security (ERISA) definition of an employer (New York, et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor, et al., No. 19-5125, D.C. Cir.)....