Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit June 18, 1998, No. 97-35536 (Washington Physicians Service Ass'n v. Gregoire)

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.

More than a decade ago, the Supreme Court acknowledged the growing trend among the states to require health insurers to offer certain benefits as part of every health insurance policy they sell. See Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Massachusetts, 471 U.S. 724, 728-29, 105 S.Ct. 2380, 85 L.Ed.2d 728 (1985).