8th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Dispute Seeking To Recover ACA Reinsurance Fee

Mealey's (November 30, 2017, 9:20 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — Finding sovereign immunity was not waived, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 27 affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by trustees of a self-insured group health plan seeking to recoup from the U.S. government a fee paid under the Affordable Care Act’s transitional reinsurance program (Paul Batsche, et al. v. Thomas E. Price, No. 16-4305, 8th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 23844)....