STATES lack standing under a federal statute to seek injunctions blocking health management organizations from limiting the types of prescription drugs pre-approved for reimbursement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled.
The Second Circuit found that the State of Connecticut can not sue to obtain an injunction under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, (ERISA), either as an “assignee of certain rights” by plan participants, or in its parens patriae capacity.
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