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American International Group Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter net income rose 17 percent as its core insurance business improved.

The Obama administration has recruited engineers from several prominent technology companies to help fix the problems preventing people from signing up for government-mandated health insurance.

Members of Congress are governing themselves under President Barack Obama's signature law, which means they have great leeway in how to apply it to their own staffs.

Republican governors and legislatures in about two dozen states are refusing cooperation with the roll-out of the health overhaul, but some local governments are trying to fill the gap, working with nonprofit organizations, hospitals and churches leading the outreach.

The plan would scrap whats known as the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, which has been in place since 1997, and payments to doctors would be frozen through 2023.

Cigna Corp.'s third-quarter earnings jumped 19 percent to trump analyst expectations, and the health insurer hiked its 2013 forecast.