Moda, Other Plans, Request En Banc Hearing In Risk Corridor Case

Four issuers suing the administration for failing to pay risk corridor payments are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to hold a new hearing with the full panel of justices, saying an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel went against decades of legal precedent by finding an appropriations rider trumped the administration's obligation to make the payments. Moda Health Plan, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, Land of Lincoln and Maine Community Health Options filed their requests...