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Counselors helping people use the federal government's online health exchange are giving mixed reviews to the updated site, with some zipping through the application process while others are facing the same old sputters and even crashes.

California formally launched its insurance exchange for small businesses Monday as questions loom about potentially higher rates and just days after the federal government said it was shelving its version of the online portal for a year.

Seeking to move past its website woes, the Obama administration is launching a two-pronged health care strategy this month aimed at avoiding enrollment snafus come January while also trying to refocus the public's attention on broader benefits of the sweeping law.

Moody's warns that more changes to the laws rollout will have further negative implications for carriers.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s projections for earnings and revenue growth next year fall well short of Wall Street's expectations for the nation's largest health insurer.

The White House says the government's health care website received 375,000 visitors on Monday by noon.