Legal Opinion
National Gerimedical Hospital and Gerontology Center v. Blue Cross of Kansas City
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1981No. 80-802PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The petitioner in this case, National Gerimedical Hospital and Gerontology Center (National Gerimedical) filed an antitrust suit against respondents, Blue Cross of Kansas City (Blue Cross) and the national Blue Cross Association, challenging the refusal of Blue Cross to accept petitioner as a participating member provider under its health insurance plan. The issue presented here is whether this refusal by Blue Cross is immunized from antitrust scrutiny because it was intended to aid implementation of the plans of the “health systems agency” designated for the Kansas City area under the…
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