Legal Opinion
Washington Physicians Service Ass'n v. Gregoire
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1998No. 97-35536PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.
More than a decade ago, the Supreme Court acknowledged the growing trend among the states to require health insurers to offer certain benefits as part of every health insurance policy they sell. See Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Massachusetts, 471 U.S. 724, 728-29, 105 S.Ct. 2380, 85 L.Ed.2d 728 (1985). In Metropolitan Life, the Court upheld Massachusetts’ once-controversial requirement that insurers offer some limited form of mental-health protection. That trend continues and continues to generate controversy. In this case, we must decide whether Washington’s so-called…
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