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The Senate has taken up tea party-backed House legislation tying an increase in the government's borrowing authority to a series of conservative demands including a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

The state of Wisconsin has reached an agreement with the Wisconsin Medical Society over the repayment of a fund that was raided in 2007 to help balance the budget.

A new analysis of government data by the American Action Forum found that including Medicare Part D prescription drug rebates in the final debt ceiling package would increase monthly premiums by up to 40 percent for more than 17 million seniors.

Major employers, including McDonald’s, Home Depot and Blockbuster, offer mini-medical plans, but under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, these plans are nearing the last of their days.

Participants in same-sex marriages say they are still discriminated against because they can't get the same federal benefits that heterosexual couples receive.

A person familiar with the NFL negotiations tells The Associated Press that players will not vote Wednesday on a deal to end the lockout.

Health care costs seem to continue on an upward spiral each year, and to combat this, the Department of Health and Human Services has formed a health care exchange system as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

NFL Players Association president Kevin Mawae says his group is "not tied" to a Thursday deadline for getting a deal done to end the league's lockout.