A spokesman for Speaker John Boehner says the House will vote Tuesday night on legislation that would reopen the government and avert a financial default.
Nearly 25,000 residents in Washington state have signed up for insurance since open enrollment started earlier this month for the state's new health exchange.
California officials knew a computer upgrade for the state's unemployment insurance program that delayed tens of thousands of benefit checks was vulnerable to problems before it was installed, according to a report from The Sacramento Bee.
The price tag for health care coverage through Connecticut's new health insurance marketplace apparently is a big concern for many enrollees, a marketplace strategy committee learned Thursday.
New York officials say 40,000 New Yorkers have signed up for health insurance in the first week of operation for the new state-run marketplace that includes low-cost plans.
Insurer Tower Group said Monday it will add $365 million to its loss reserves and will take a $215 goodwill impairment charge. Its stock tumbled more than 25 percent in extended trading.