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Recent Developments in Health Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1999

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Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93–406, 88 Stat. 829 (codified as amended 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1461 (1998)).Google Scholar
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These rules are: (1) risk-spreading; (2) being an integral part of the insurance relationship; and (3) being limited to insurance entities.Google Scholar