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Gov. John Hickenlooper cited concerns that children would lose coverage as he announced a veto Tuesday of a bill requiring some Colorado families to contribute more to a health insurance plan for low-income children.

Top House Republicans pressed President Barack Obama Wednesday for a detailed plan on budget cuts, and one leading lawmaker accused him of distorting a GOP Medicare proposal at the center of the partisan divide over spending.

A new study says a single parent in Michigan with a preschooler and school-age child needs to earn more than three times the state's minimum wage to be economically secure.

Employees are stressed out. Not just from work, but from financial concerns too, which take a physical toll on workers, contributing to health-related costs and a decreases in productivity.

The unemployment rate among military veterans who served after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks remains stubbornly higher than the general population, especially for the youngest men to leave the service, according to a congressional report released Tuesday.

The top Republican in the Senate said Sunday that a controversial House Medicare plan is "on the table" as President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals wrestle over budget cuts to enact this summer.

Instead of imposing higher co-pays and rolling back health insurance coverage for state employees, Connecticut officials want their workers to get a colonoscopy to help cut costs.