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Administration seeks to toss Obamacare lawsuits

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Published October 3, 2016 9:22pm ET
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Administration seeks to toss Obamacare lawsuits
In court documents filed Friday, the Justice Department argued that HHS doesn't owe any money to the insurers, since Congress has blocked it from using alternate funds. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

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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