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Creating A Paternalistic Market For Legal Rules Affecting The Benefit Promise, Brendan Maher
Creating A Paternalistic Market For Legal Rules Affecting The Benefit Promise, Brendan Maher
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Notwithstanding the fact that ERISA was enacted to protect employee benefits, courts have narrowly construed the relief available when benefits are denied, out of concern that a stronger remedy would be too costly for the system to bear. Judges, I argue, are ill-equipped to make this policy judgment. Instead, a regulated, subsidized, paternalistic market should be created to permit the benefit players themselves to choose and price the strength of the remedy they desire. This is a superior means to reach the right level of remedial strength for the most players. To protect against undesirably weak remedial options being selected, …