(Washington, D.C.) — Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO JC Scott released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court’s decision to review Rutledge v. PCMA:

“The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has long enabled employers to provide consistent, nationwide health care benefits due to its preemption of state laws.  We are committed to federal preemption, which is a vitally important issue to ensuring high quality health care for patients.

Unique state laws governing the administration of pharmacy benefits are proliferating across the country, establishing vastly different standards. These inconsistent and often conflicting state policies eliminate flexibility for plan sponsors and create significant administrative inefficiencies. These inefficiencies divert funds from where they should be spent: providing access to the health care services on which employees of plans across the country rely.

We are confident in the merits of our arguments in this case and look forward to presenting them before the U.S. Supreme Court.”