Mealey's (May 15, 2017, 2:26 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) does not entitle insurance companies to billions of dollars in taxpayer funds, the U.S. government argues in an April 12 brief in a federal claims court, because Section 1342 of the ACA neither provides an appropriation nor authorizes the use of appropriated funds (Health Republic Insurance Co. v. The United States of America, No. 16-259, Fed. Clms.)....