No Need For En Banc Review, Government Says In ACA Risk-Corridor Cases

Mealey's (September 6, 2018, 1:13 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress’ subsequent actions clearly and unequivocally limited payments in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk corridor to income received through the program, regardless of the language it used in enacting the program, the government said Aug. 31 in urging the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to deny a series of insurer’s request for en banc rehearing (Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Co. v. United States, No. 17-1224, Moda Health Plan Inc. v. United States, No. 17-1994, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina v. United States, No. 17-2154, Maine Community Health Options v. United States, No. 17-2395, Fed. Cir.)....