Maybe United is angling for an industry bailout.
Bingo. Chumming for government bailout, corrections, whatever. Just begging for change basically for the b bargain with the devil they made. It’s all gonna crash on each player, one at a time.
For some excellent reading on the subject:
What happened to risk corridor payments in 2015 - same will happen in 2016 because the same language was put in the budget that passed/Obama signed:
Rubio's provision to kill ObamaCare risk corridors stirs debate
In addition, the GAO found that HHS has the authority to use its regular operating funds to finance risk corridor payments should the amounts received under the program be less than the payments required to be made to inÂsurers. This authority was granted under the Program Management Appropriation for fisÂcal year 2014 that allows transfers of money from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund necessary to carry out the responsibiliÂties of CMS.
The first risk corridor payments are not due until the 2015 fiscal year, however, so similar language was required in the 2015 appropriaÂtion bill. While the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015, which funded the government for the 2015 fiscal year, did give HHS the authority to collect user fees, an amendment was included that specifiÂcally prohibited HHS from transferring monÂey from either trust fund. The amendment did not eliminate the risk corridor program, nor did it prevent HHS from using payments reÂceived from insurers to pay out claims under the program (that is, user fees), but it effecÂtively made the risk corridor program budget neutral unless HHS can find another source of funding. As a result, insurers expecting payments from HHS may not receive the full amount due.
Obamacare payment to insurers $2.5 billion less than expected