This Opinion demonstrates that the scale we seek is not exclusively the purview of the MEP. Vendors have the ability to safely “bundle administrative services” to the same effect of a MEP, provided that they have enough scale on their own to negotiate the sort of investment pricing and expert services which the market seeks.
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The Most Effective Proposed MEP Legislation Happens Not To Be MEP Legislation
By Robert Toth on
Posted in Multiple Employer Plans, Plan Administration
This legislation could fundamentally change the MEP landscape, and even lessen the contention over state run MEPs. It would do this by opening the market for the advantageously pooling of the resources of small employers which would have otherwise been reserved to the State programs. It also could minimize any need for new federal MEP legislation, and promote models which are a lot less risky than the MEP.
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