CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — After months of arguing, New Hampshire lawmakers overseeing implementation of the federal health care overhaul law agreed on one thing Tuesday: They're at a stalemate.

The joint Health Care Oversight Committee includes three Republicans and three Democrats who have spent a significant amount of time disagreeing about the authority accorded to various players involved in implementing the law, including the insurance department, the governor and the committee itself.

Tuesday's meeting started with the insurance department outlining the state's role in educating businesses and consumers about the law, then opened up into a wider discussion that included whether the state should have any role at all.

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