San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance

San Francisco's controversial Health Care Security Ordinance, requiring employers to pay assigned amounts of money toward employees’ health care, may be heading toward argument at the U.S. Supreme Court. On March 9, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled (by majority of a split decision 11-judge panel) on a petition for rehearing, rejecting the argument that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) prevented the city and labor groups from requiring employer-provided health care.