Health Administration Responsibility Project
Medicare HMOs
Medicare does NOT preempt State tort and contract claims! See:
- McCall v. Pacificare, 25 Cal.4th 412, 5/3/2001, Cal. Sup. Ct.
- 63 CFR 34968, 35013
- Ardary v. Aetna, 98 F3d 496 (9th Cir. 1996)
- Albright v. Kaiser Permanente, 1999 WL 605828 (ND CA 1999)
- Solorzano v. Superior Court (FHP), 10 Cal. App. 4th 1135 (1992)
- Talbot v. Lucy Corr Nursing Home, 118 F3d 215 (4th Cir. 1997)
- Wartenberg v. Aetna, 2 F.Supp.2d 273 (ED NY 1998)
- Berman v. Abington Radiology Assoc., 1997 WL 534804 (ED PA 1997)
- Caputo v. US Health Care of PA, 1998 WL 808611 (ED PA 1998)
- Plocica v. NYLCARE of TX, 43 F.Supp.2d 658 (ND TX 1999)
- Zamora-Quezada v. Health Texas, 34 F.Supp.2d 433 (WD TX 1998)
- Winkler v. Interim Svcs, 36 F.Supp.2d 1026 (MD TN 1999)
- Kelly v. Advantage Health, 1999 WL 294796 (ED LA 1999)
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