Judge Finds Federal Employees’ Insurance Law Preempts Health Care Claims

Mealey's (May 14, 2018, 12:03 PM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — While a man denied prostate ablation portrays his case as involving declaratory relief and breach of contract, in reality he seeks judicial review of the denial, and the law governing federal employees’ health care preempts his case, a federal judge in Florida held May 10 in adopting a magistrate judge’s report (Danny Nail v. Government Employees Health Association Inc., No. 17-1462, M.D. Fla.)....