Mealey's (December 29, 2017, 8:41 AM EST) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A Native American tribe lost its bid to pursue claims that its health care plan administrator violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by failing to charge the tribe Medicare-like rates for contracted services at a hospital, when a Michigan federal judge affirmed Dec. 27 that the statute of limitations bars the claims (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan v. Munson Medical Center, No. 5:14-cv-11349, E.D. Mich., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211418)....