Administration seeks to toss Obamacare lawsuits

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

Published October 3, 2016 9:22pm ET

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The Obama administration has filed motions to dismiss lawsuits from two insurers that claim they are owed extra payments by the federal government for losses from Obamacare customers.

Moda Healthcare and BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina have sued the administration for a total of $338 million in payments through the “risk corridor” program set up under the Affordable Care Act.

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