Sixth Circuit -- Bio-Medical Applications of Tenn v. Central States Southeast and SW

Group health care plan cannot immediately deny coverage to individual diagnosed with kidney disease before becoming eligible for Medicare. 

Statutory requirement for demonstrated responsibility on the part of the private plan as an element of the civil private cause of action limits tortfeasors, not contractual parties.

Unclear what is doubled in statutory double damages - remand.

Bio-Medical Applications of Tenn v. Central States Southeast and SW