Government Payment Obligation
The Supreme Court held that Congress created a legal obligation to pay insurers through statutory language, even without a specific appropriation.
Maine Community Health Options v. United States
- Jurisdiction: United States (April 27, 2020)
- Victims<![CDATA[Maine Community Health Options]]><![CDATA[Moda Health Plan, Inc.]]><![CDATA[Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company]]><![CDATA[Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina]]>Defendants<![CDATA[United States of America]]>Plaintiffs<![CDATA[Maine Community Health Options]]><![CDATA[Moda Health Plan, Inc.]]><![CDATA[Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company]]><![CDATA[Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina]]>Investigators<![CDATA[无]]>Prosecutors<![CDATA[Noel J. Francisco]]><![CDATA[Joseph H. Hunt]]><![CDATA[Mark B. Stern]]><![CDATA[Alisa B. Klein]]><![CDATA[Christopher J. Carney]]>Defense Attorneys<![CDATA[无]]>Plaintiff Attorneys<![CDATA[Stephen J. McBrady]]><![CDATA[Paul D. Clement]]><![CDATA[Erin E. Murphy]]><![CDATA[C. Harker Rhodes IV]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Hedges]]><![CDATA[William L. Roberts]]><![CDATA[Nicholas Wallace]]><![CDATA[Matthew Colin]]><![CDATA[Michael J. McDougall]]><![CDATA[Stephanie A. Webster]]><![CDATA[A. Xavier Baker]]><![CDATA[Alexander P. McLaughlin]]><![CDATA[Laurel Pyke Malson]]><![CDATA[Jacinta L. Alves]]><![CDATA[Brian C. Lewis]]><![CDATA[Melodie Annalise McQuade]]><![CDATA[Jonathan William Dettmann]]><![CDATA[Nicholas James Nelson]]>Judges<![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]><![CDATA[John G. Roberts, Jr.]]><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Neil Gorsuch]]><![CDATA[Samuel Alito]]><![CDATA[Stephen G. Breyer]]><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]><![CDATA[Brett M. Kavanaugh]]><![CDATA[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]>Institutions<![CDATA[Supreme Court of the United States]]><![CDATA[United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit]]><![CDATA[United States Court of Federal Claims]]><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]]><![CDATA[Department of Health and Human Services]]><![CDATA[Department of Justice]]><![CDATA[Crowell & Moring LLP]]><![CDATA[Kirkland & Ellis LLP]]><![CDATA[Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP]]>
- Case Tags: Affordable Care Act Risk Corridors;Government Payment Obligation;Appropriations Riders;Tucker Act Claims