In a surprise unanimous decision, the Supreme Court pushed back against the power of ERISA, a little known federal law that has stifled states’ attempts to regulate health care for decades. [NOTE: Part of this episode originally aired on Oct. 6]

Guest: Erin Fuse Brown, Associate Professor of Law; Director, Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University

For a complete transcript of this conversation and more information on the case and ERISA: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/12/15/surprise-scotus-bucks-erisa/

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