The Commonwealth Fund has come out with data supporting what insurance producers have said all along: Many high-income Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and having trouble handling medical bills.

Stocks are mostly lower at midday following weak earnings from Amazon.com, Expedia and other companies and a report of slower growth in the U.S. economy than economists were expecting.

Large specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year would be subject to federal safety inspections and manufacturing standards, under a new Senate proposal introduced Friday.