Participants To 5th Circuit: Affirm Ruling For Limited Partnership In Row With DOL

Mealey's (July 12, 2021, 2:09 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Saying in a June 29 amicus curiae brief that they “would lose their affordable healthcare” if a Texas federal judge’s decision is overturned, three participants in a single-employer group health plan urge the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm the judgment in favor of a limited partnership, which set aside an advisory opinion from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and barred the DOL from denying that the plan was governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act....