Amici Fault Imposition Of Contract Mitigation Rule in ACA Cost-Sharing Case

Mealey's (October 20, 2020, 8:30 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel’s liability ruling limiting the government’s liability for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk-corridor underpayments requires rehearing to correct the decision’s unprecedented importation of contract mitigation principles, insurers tell a federal appeals court in an Oct. 16 amicus curiae brief (Maine Community Health Options v. United States, No. 19-2102, Fed. Cir.)....