U.S. Government:  Arkansas Drug Benefits Law Not Preempted By ERISA

Mealey's (March 5, 2020, 10:19 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a March 2 amicus curiae brief the federal government tells the U.S. Supreme Court the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that an Arkansas law regulating the reimbursement rates charged by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) makes “reference” to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Leslie Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, No. 18-540, U.S. Sup.)....