Government Says High Court Should Review 8th Circuit’s ERISA Preemption Ruling

Mealey's (December 6, 2019, 9:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should review the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts an Arkansas law regulating drug reimbursement rates for pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) because the ruling was incorrect and contrary to Supreme Court precedent, the U.S. government says in a Dec. 4 amicus curiae brief  (Leslie Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, No. 18-540, U.S. Sup.)....