...providing for its participants or beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, . . . medical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or...benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, death."39 ERISA recognized two fundamental types of employee benefit plans: (1) single employer self-insurance...

...or other training programs • Day care centers • Scholarship funds • Prepaid legal services • Any benefit described in Section 302(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, such as holiday pay and severance pay Because of its greater impact on retirement plans, the...

...nicht als Betriebsrentenver198 See. 3(1) ERISA = 29 USC See. 1002(1). Unter die welfare plans fallen: " medical. surgical or Hospital care or benefits, or...training programs, or day care centers, scholarship fiinds. or prcpaid legal services or (B) any benefit described in section 186(c) of this title..."...

...purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) medical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or benefits in the eveni of sickness, accident, disability, death or unemployment .2. . . " ERISA prescribes various uniform...

...maintained by an employer or an employee organization to provide medical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, death or unemployment. j-* Employees' Trust. One way for a pension or profitsharing plan to be financed and given effect....

...beneficiaries "through the purchase of insurance or otherwise" "medical, surgical, or hospital care benefits, or benefits in the event of sickness, accident,...care centers, scholarship funds, or prepaid legal 29. 29 USC § 1003(a). 30. 29 USC § 1003(b). 31. 1995 GAO Report at 30-31. In addition, the 1986 Consolidated...

...purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) medical, surgical, or hospital care...services, or (B) any benefit described in section 186(c) of this title (other than pensions on retirement or death, and insurance to provide such pensions)....

...Welfare plan. The term "welfare plan" — (A) means any church plan to the extent that such plan provides medical, surgical. or hospital care or benefits, or...centers, scholarship funds, or prepaid legal services; and (B) does not include any entity, such as a health insurance issuer described in section 9832(b)(2)...

...by an employer . . . for the purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, . . . medical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or...sickness, accident, disability, death or unemployment . . . ." 29 USC § 1002. A "participant" in an employee benefit plan is defined as "any employee or...

...purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) medical, surgical, or hospital care...or benefits, or benefits in the event of sickness. . . . 29 USC § 1002(1). Ultimately, "[t]he existence of an ERISA plan is a question of fact, to be...