Judge:  Medicare Part D Partly Preempts Oklahoma Pharma Law, ERISA Does Not

Mealey's (April 6, 2022, 2:25 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Each side partly prevailed in competing motions for summary judgment in a suit over an Oklahoma law intended to regulate pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs), with an Oklahoma federal judge ruling April 4 that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act does not preempt the law but Medicare Part D does preempt some of the challenged standards....