Insurers, Amici Say ACA Payments Still Due, Warn Of Fallout If Not Paid

Mealey's (September 17, 2019, 11:56 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Sept. 6 amicus briefing and Aug. 30 briefs by the petitioners, the U.S. Supreme Court heard details regarding the harm caused by the government’s failure to follow through on billions of dollars of promised Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk corridor payments and that later appropriations riders cannot be read as repealing those obligations (Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Co. v. United States, No. 18-1038, Moda Health Plan Inc., et al. v. United States, No. 18-1028, Maine Community Health Options v. United States, No. 18-1023, U.S. Sup.)....