A U.S. District Court judge today issued a ruling that could block the operation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) cost-sharing reduction subsidy program.
The program helps PPACA public exchange plan users with income under 250 percent of the federal poverty level pay the plan deductibles, coinsurance amounts, and co-payments.
Judge Rosemary Collyer has ruled, in House vs. Burwell (Case Number 14-1967), that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) needs to get a current appropriation approval from Congress before it can send cost-sharing reduction subsidy money to health insurers.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
