The U.S. House and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on Monday asked a federal appeals court to freeze for another 90 days a dispute over billions of dollars in insurance industry subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, a delay that could further unnerve the health insurance markets.
The lawfulness of the subsidies—which the government pays to health insurers as part of a cost-sharing program to reduce premiums and other out-of-pocket expenses for low-income consumers—is the centerpiece of a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. An estimated 6 million consumers participate in the cost-sharing program.
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