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Cite as:  590 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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ALITO, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 18–1023, 18–1028 and 18–1038 
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MAINE COMMUNITY HEALTH OPTIONS, 
PETITIONER 
v. 
UNITED STATES 

18–1023 

18–1028 

MODA HEALTH PLAN, INC., PETITIONER 
v. 
UNITED STATES 

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH 
CAROLINA, PETITIONER 
v. 
UNITED STATES 

LAND OF LINCOLN MUTUAL HEALTH INSURANCE 
COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS NONPROFIT MUTUAL 
INSURANCE CORPORATION, PETITIONER 
v. 
UNITED STATES 

18–1038 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT 

[April 27, 2020]

 JUSTICE ALITO, dissenting. 
Twice this Term, we have made the point that we have
basically gotten out of the business of recognizing private
rights of action not expressly created by Congress.  Just a 
month  ago  in  Comcast  Corp.  v.  National  Assn.  of  African 
American-Owned Media, 589 U. S. ___, ___–___ (2020) (slip 
op., at 5–6), after noting a 1975 decision1 inferring a private 

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1 Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 421 U. S. 454, 459 (1975).