GLAUBACH v. REGENCE BLUESHIELD

No. 73415-1.

74 P.3d 115 (2003)

149 Wash.2d 827

Certified from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Shulamit GLAUBACH; Dawn Merydith; Kristen Tsiatsios; and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. REGENCE BLUESHIELD, a Washington corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandeep Baweja, Los Angeles, CA, Matthew Phineas Bergman, Bergman Senn Pageler & Frockt, Vashon, Steve W. Berman, Erin K. Flory, Hagens Berman LLP, Seattle, Deborah Senn, Seattle, for Plaintiffs.

Stephania Camp Denton, Gretchen Graham Salazar, David Donald Swartling, Mills Meyers Swartling, Seattle, for Defendant.


CHAMBERS, J.

We have been asked by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to determine whether two state health care statutes require coverage of prescriptive contraceptives. We conclude they do not.

CERTIFIED QUESTION

Did Regence BlueShield's failure to provide coverage for all methods of prescription contraception approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration violate

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