Prescription drug claims preempted 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: consumer protection, Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act, preemption
Federal Medicare law preempts a state consumer protection lawsuit alleging that the plaintiffs’ health insurer wrongfully denied prescription drug benefits, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
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