Mealey's (October 4, 2022, 11:45 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 3 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a state health plan for North Carolina retirees and others sued by a putative class after a premium-free health plan was eliminated, leaving in place a ruling by the state’s high court finding that the retirees had vested rights but remanding the case for a determination on whether those vested rights were impaired....