6th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Challenge To ERISA Plan’s Reimbursement Rights

Mealey's (May 25, 2022, 1:11 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Affirming dismissal of a suit in which a welfare benefit plan participant argued that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act gave her the right not to reimburse the plan for bariatric surgery that she alleged it should not have covered, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 23 issued an unpublished opinion ruling in part that all requirements of the policy’s subrogation and right of reimbursement provisions are satisfied....