A federal court in New Mexico has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state’s largest medical marijuana operator seeking to get health insurers in the market to cover MMJ expenses.
According to Cannabis Business Times, U.S. District Court Judge Martha Vazquez on April 23 sided with health insurance companies in dismissing Ultra Health’s 2022 lawsuit that attempted to force insurance companies to reimburse roughly 74,000 New Mexico patients their medical marijuana.
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Ultra Health’s suit was based on a New Mexico law passed in 2021 that requires health insurers to reimburse 100% of patient costs for any care related to mental or behavioral health.
The lawsuit – a class action on behalf of plaintiffs that included former Democratic state Sen. Jacob Candelaria –
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