ERISA preemption. St. Francis Medical Center v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.
ERISA preempts hospital's state law action challenging insurer's rule banning health plan participants from assigning their benefit claims to health care providers who had not signed contracts with insurer.
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