Judge Rejects Insurers’ Challenge To New York Risk Adjustment Program

Mealey's (August 21, 2018, 11:40 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Two insurers’ lawsuit challenging how New York’s risk adjustment program interacts with a similar Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) program must be dismissed, a federal judge in the state held, finding Aug. 10 that while he had jurisdiction, the federal law did not preempt state attempts at regulating insurance markets (UnitedHealthcare of New York Inc., et al. v. Maria T. Vullo, et al., No. 17-7694, S.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136380)....