{"id":3911,"date":"2019-05-14T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T15:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2021-03-16T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:56:13","slug":"medical-marijuana-and-employee-benefit-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/medical-marijuana-and-employee-benefit-funds.html","title":{"rendered":"Medical Marijuana and Employee Benefit Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/elizabeth-engert-manzo.html\">Employee Benefits Shareholder Elizabeth Manzo<\/a> spoke at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/events\/health-care-management-conference\">International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans&#8217; Heatlhcare Management Conference<\/a> on the topic of medical marijuana and how changes in state laws will impact employers and benefit funds.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Corbin wrote an overview of Elizabeth&#8217;s presentation for Employee Benefit News titled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitnews.com\/news\/will-medical-marijuana-be-part-of-employer-benefits-packages\">Will Medical Marijuana Become Part of Your Benefits Mix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many health plans might not want to touch marijuana with a 10-foot pole, but it might be time to start thinking differently about including cannabis in the benefit mix.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/medical-marijuana-and-employee-benefit-funds.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading Medical Marijuana and Employee Benefit Funds\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 Employee Benefits Shareholder Elizabeth Manzo spoke at the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans&#8217; Heatlhcare Management Conference on the topic of medical marijuana and how changes in state laws will impact employers and benefit funds. 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