Petition of the day
By Kate Howard
on Aug 27, 2016
The petition of the day is:
16-149
Issue: (1) Whether the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (“FEHBA”) preempts state laws that prevent carriers from seeking subrogation or reimbursement pursuant to their FEHBA contracts; and (2) whether FEHBA’s express-preemption provision, 5 U.S.C. § 8902(m)(1), which expressly “preempt[s] any State or local law” that would prevent enforcement of “the terms of any contract” between the Office of Personnel Management and a carrier which “relate to the nature, provision, or extent of coverage or benefits (including payments with respect to benefits)[,]” violates the Supremacy Clause.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils
Recommended Citation:
Kate Howard,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Aug. 27, 2016, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/08/petition-of-the-day-979/