Legal Opinion
United Seniors Ass'n, Inc. v. Philip Morris USA
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 20, 2007No. 06-2447PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
United Seniors Association, Inc. (“United Seniors”), a nonprofit taxpayer advocacy group, appeals from a district court judgment dismissing its claims pursuant to the Medicare Secondary Payer (“MSP”) statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(b)(3)(A), to force five tobacco companies to reimburse the federal Medicare program for the monies it has expended since 1999 for the medical treatment of persons suffering from smoking-related illnesses. The district court concluded that United Seniors could not file such a private § 1395y(b)(3)(A) cause of action for reimbursement before the…
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