Helfrich v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Ass'n

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ERIC F. MELGREN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 21) for Plaintiff Lee Ann Helfrich’s petition for declaratory judgment. Helfrich seeks an order declaring that Kansas law prohibits the Defendants from requiring her to reimburse them for benefits paid under a health insurance policy issued to federal employees. The Defendants maintain that under a preemption clause in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act, the terms of the insurance contract preempt Kansas law and that Helfrich must reimburse…