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2894 A health plan covering Medicare subscribers and providing coverage for emergency patient care received anywhere in the world and for medication manufactured and distributed throughout the country involves interstate commerce and thus is subject to the FAA, so the CCP section permitting a court to stay arbitration pending the outcome of related litigation is pre-empted by the federal statute, and a California court lacks the power to issue such a stay.CitationWARREN-GUTHRIE v HEALTHNET (Arbitration Pre-emption) 84 CA4 804 [See: CCP 1281.2(c); 9 USC 1 etseq; Prudential v Superior Court 36 CA4 275, T/AT 8/95; Mercury v Superior Court 19 C4 332; Erickson v Aetna 71 CA4 646, T/AT 5/99]
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