Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Ass'n of Health Maintenance Organizations v. Ruthardt
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 8, 1999No. 99-1133PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires organizations that offer Medicare beneficiaries supplemental health care insurance to provide full prescription drug coverage. When the federal government enacted legislation that imposed its own imperatives on such organizations, an association of health care providers sought a declaration that the federal scheme preempted the Massachusetts drug-benefit directive. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, ruling ore terms, found preemption. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
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