Feds don't owe health insurers billions in ACA risk-corridor funds, appeals court rules

Modern Healthcare: A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government does not owe health insurers billions of dollars in unpaid risk-corridor funds meant to offset losses during the early years of the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

Although more than three dozen insurers claimed the federal government owed them more than $12 billion in risk-corridor payments, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined the payments weren't necessary since Congress deemed the program had to be budget-neutral through appropriations riders.

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