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The possible overpayments were made to 36,000 individuals who worked too many hours to qualify for disability payments, the audit said.

The new health insurance marketplace in Rhode Island, a centerpiece of the nationally mandated health care overhaul, passed a recent federal operations review "with flying colors" and is ready to open next month, the director said Thursday.

The U.S. government posted a narrower budget deficit in August compared with a year ago, keeping the annual gap on track to be the smallest in five years.

GOP leaders eager to avoid blame for a possible government shutdown next month appear confounded by conservatives' passion for using fast-approaching deadlines to derail the implementation of President Barack Obama's health care law.

Its about as miserable as an episode of The Killing here in Colorado. The rain hasnt stopped all week.

The House passed a bill Thursday to ban new subsidies to help people buy health insurance until the Obama administration enacts a new verification system to ensure benefits go only to those who are eligible.