If I understand correctly the payments are part of the law but funding for the payments was not passed by congress
If that is the case the insurance companies may be able to sue the government for breach of contract.
Someone with knowledge of the facts needs to clarify what the actual situation is.
My memory is hazy but I think the republican congress never increased the payouts from the original numbers.
That the insurance companies were complicit in ramroding thisnlegislation through I think they deserve all of this.