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Letters,
Labor/Employment

Nov. 1, 2011

The demise of employer-provided health coverage

A reader responds to "The stork has landed: Employers (and insurers) must provide pregnancy benefits."

Michael H. Leb

Neutral, Leb Dispute Resolutions

Labor & Employment

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U Michigan Law School

THE NEUTRAL CORNER is a monthly column discussing recent cases or topics of interest from a neutral's perspective.

Helene Wasserman's informative piece on the amendments to pregnancy disability and insurance coverage laws ("The Stork Has Landed: Employers (and insurers) must provide pregnancy benefits," Oct. 27) decries the "staggering impact" the legislation will have on employers. Given Wasserman's career as counsel to employers, her perspective is not surprising. The impact, however, will be far more "staggering" on employees whose employers cancel insurance or move out of state completely. G...

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