In Urging Rehearing, Insurer Cites 'Enormous' Impact Of Liability Ruling

Mealey's (September 30, 2020, 1:38 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A ruling freeing the government from liability for mandated Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) cost-sharing payments where insurers raised premiums unnecessarily imputes contract concepts into what should be a straightforward application of statutory law, an insurer says in a Sept. 28 petition for rehearing with a federal circuit court, warning of the "enormous" stakes (Maine Community Health Options v. United States, No. 19-2102, Fed. Cir.)....