Mealey's (January 11, 2018, 9:46 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With oral arguments pending in two appellate cases that will likely decide the issue, a federal judge on Dec. 21 stayed an insurer’s case claiming that the government failed to pay $223 million allegedly owed to it under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk-corridor program (First Priority Life Insurance Co. Inc., et al. v. The United States of America, No. 16-587, Fed. Clms.)....