Federal Judge Orders Govt. To Pay $1.6B In 2017, 2018 CSRs

Federal Judge Margaret Sweeney issued a final judgment in the class action case Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative v. United States ordering the government to reimburse the class of about 100 Affordable Care Act plan issuers nearly $1.6 billion in cost-sharing reduction payments owed for the 2017 and the 2018 plan years. The class action is one of dozens of cases filed against the United States for failing to reimburse issuers for reducing out-of-pocket cost for certain low-income enrollees. The...