Association Health Plan Rule Violates ERISA, ACA, States Say

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 3:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The association health plan rule relies on an unreasonable reading of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and constitutes an end-run around Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) protections, New York and its fellow plaintiffs told the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 15 (New York, et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor, et al., No. 19-5125, D.C. Cir.)....