WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether some of the nation’s largest health providers can rely on their church affiliation to avoid complying with federal laws covering pension benefits for workers.
The justices agreed Friday to take up cases involving three nonprofit hospital systems being sued for underfunding their employee pension plans. Lower courts ruled against the hospitals, saying their pensions do not qualify as “church plans.”
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