Judge: United States May Seek Debt Setoffs In ACA Risk-Corridor Case

Mealey's (October 19, 2020, 12:28 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The government may amend its answer to seek setoffs against risk-corridor liabilities it owes to largely insolvent insurers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk corridor, a federal judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims said Sept. 30 in finding that amendment would be neither untimely nor prejudicial (Health Republic Insurance Co. v. United States, No. 16-259C, Fed. Clms., 2020 U.S. Claims LEXIS 1898)....