9th Circuit Panel Unanimously Denies Rehearing In Medicare Act Preemption Suit

Mealey's (June 2, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 27 unanimously denied a petition for rehearing and filed an amended opinion affirming a district court’s summary judgment in favor of a health insurance company in a suit filed by the wife of a deceased Medicare patient against the company regarding its administration of her deceased husband’s Medicare Advantage (MA) plan....