In a June 5, 2017 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that benefit plans covering employees of church-affiliated hospitals were “church plans,” and hence not subject to ERISA, despite not being “established” by a church. The decision, Advocate Healthcare Network v. Stapleton, ___U.S.___, 2017 U.S. LEXIS (U.S. June 5, 2017), reverses a recent trend in […]