Excerpt: In counterpoint, Amy Moore of Covington and Burling, makes the case that granting ERISA waivers for state health care reform will frustrate a fundamental ERISA policy of facilitating the sponsorship and administration of employer-based benefit plans on a national level. She notes, among other things, the prevalence of employment-based health coverage under ERISA, and that ERISA waivers will impede the provision of that coverage.

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