By Dawn Maxfield

Mealey's (July 17, 2015, 12:04 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently filed supplemental briefing on how and whether Congress appropriated funding to offset costs insurers incur for offering reduced deductible plans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange (United States House of Representatives v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, et al., No. 14-1967, D. D.C.).

(House of Representatives’ brief available. Document #93-150722-015B. HHS’s brief available. Document #93-150722-016B.)

The House of Representatives sued Sylvia Mathews Burwell, as secretary of...