ERISA Preemption at 50: Evolving Threats to Health Benefit Uniformity

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. (ET)

Despite the vital role it has played over the last fifty years in securing employee benefits for millions of Americans, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) remains under assault by misguided policies that continue to chip away at the critical protections that this landmark law has long provided. While state lawmakers attempt to expand their authority to control the design and administration of employer plans governed by federal law, there is a growing battle in state legislatures, regulatory agencies, and courtrooms across the country to defend the core tenets of ERISA preemption. Join our panel of policy experts for an engaging discussion on modern threats to ERISA preemption in the health care context, the forces at play in this fight, and the proactive steps the business community can take, and are taking, to uphold this critical federal law.

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