tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post8492172700497871913..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: California Case Impacts Colorado Amendment 56Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-84816742797915719702008-10-02T13:33:00.000-06:002008-10-02T13:33:00.000-06:00Amendment 56 has now been dropped. So what would ...Amendment 56 has now been dropped. So what would have happened had it passed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-60000531563565728342008-10-02T13:31:00.000-06:002008-10-02T13:31:00.000-06:00If the courts ruled that ERISA pre-empted Amendmen...If the courts ruled that ERISA pre-empted Amendment 56, would employers that do not self-fund be similarly exempted until the Amendment was modified to apply only to them or would the exemption simply exist for ERISA plans? Would this amendment actually incent employers to establish ERISA plans to escape the law? Does that at least mean that group coverage would be offered for their employees? Are there coverage minimums to establish an ERISA plan?<BR/><BR/>It seems that the San Francisco case will go to the Supreme Court - has someone researched the inclinations of the current justices on this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com