Judge Finds Medicare Secondary Payer Statute Does Not Preempt Kentucky Law

(March 26, 2019, 12:45 PM EDT) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on March 21 held that the Medicare Secondary Payer Act does not preempt a claim brought by a group of retired county police officers whose state-funded health insurance coverage was terminated when they became eligible for Medicare but also ruled that the plaintiffs could not pursue a claim under the statute (River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 614 Inc., et al. v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, No. 17-cv-102, E.D. Ky., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46647)....