Enrollment

Enrollment of White and Asian consumers is going well.

Consumer groups question how fair outside enrollment sites would be.

Four carriers have attracted 96 percent of the individual plan enrollees.

Three-quarters of customers on Liazon's private exchange said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the online experience of buying benefits, and 90 percent want many choices when it comes to their benefits plans.

RAND analysts doubt the effect will be big enough to cause a death spiral.

Bipartisan passage of a $1.1 trillion bill to finance the U.S. government through Sept. 30 clears the way for lawmakers to focus on the next potential fiscal showdown: Raising the federal debt ceiling.