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Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to stop a first-ever default on U.S. obligations ticks by.

Nearly 175,000 people have gone online to visit the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange to review information about health insurance coverage.

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.

New Kaiser research finds that Medicaid applicants and spending are going to increase, especially in the states that have elected to take on the expanded Medicaid model.

The state killed its non-exchange market, and it has no working exchange enrollment system.

Senate Democrats intend to introduce legislation by mid-week to raise the nation's debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions Republicans have said they intend to seek, officials said Monday, as the White House signaled it would accept even a brief extension in borrowing authority to prevent an unprecedented default.