(October 18, 2016, 2:16 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An insurer cannot sue for the failure to pay statutory benefits that have not yet accrued under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk corridor program, the United States told a federal judge on Sept. 30 (Moda Health Plan Inc. v. The United States of America, No. 16-649C, Fed. Clms.).

(Memo available.  Document #93-161019-013B.)

Moda Health Plan Inc. filed suit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against the United States of America, claiming that the U.S. Department of Health and...