A 52-year-old federal law designed to protect employee pensions has become a legal shield that bars millions of US patients from suing health insurers for wrongful claim denials. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) exempts employer-sponsored health plans from state liability, leaving injured patients without recourse or compensation. — Photo by Leeloo The First on Pexels (Pexels License)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
