"Steve Wojcik, vice president for public policy with the National Business Group on Health ... said it's a particularly important decision for employers that operate in multiple states that might otherwise have to comply with a conflicting patchwork of state laws and requirements.... But Alfred Gobeille, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board and the official petitioner in the case, said ... the decision won't necessarily stop states from continuing to seek the data from insurers for their databases.... Gobeille said the question now is whether Vermont and the other states with all-payer databases can work together to seek a remedy from the Secretary of Labor. He acknowledged that getting such a remedy might not be easy or fast, but the justices seem to be saying it's possible." [Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., No. 14-181 (U.S. Mar. 1, 2016)]  MORE >>