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143731P.pdf   05/26/2016  Teresa Bell  v.  Blue Cross & Blue Shield of OK
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-3731
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Federal Employees Health Benefits Act. A provision of the Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 8902(m)(1), expressly preempts Bell's Arkansas state law defense regarding reimbursement of any benefits received under her benefit plan, and Bell must reimburse the Plan from the settlement she received from a different carrier that insured the party who was allegedly responsible for her injury.