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ing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul for their rising premiums and deductibles, and overall 3 in 4 say the rollout of coverage for the uninsured has gone poorly.
• An Associated Press-GfK poll finds that health care remains politically charged going into next year's congressional elections. Keeping the refurbished HealthCare.gov website running smoothly is just one of Obama's challenges, maybe not the biggest.
• The poll found a striking level of unease about the law among people who have health insurance and aren't looking for any more government help. Those are the 85 percent of Americans who the White House says don't have to be worried about the president's historic push to expand coverage for the uninsured.
• In the survey, nearly half of those with job-based or other private coverage say their policies will be changing next year -- mostly for the worse. Nearly 4 in 5 (77 percent) blame the changes on the Affordable Care Act, even though the trend toward leaner coverage predates the law's passage.
• Sixty-nine percent say their premiums will be going up, while 59 percent say annual deductibles or copayments are increasing.
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Michelle Bachelet wins back Chile's presidency vowing corporate tax hikes to fund education

• SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile's once and future leader Michelle Bachelet easily won Sunday's presidential runoff, returning center-left parties to power by promising profound changes in response to years of street protests.
• Bachelet won with 62 percent of the vote to 38 percent for the center-right's Evelyn Matthei, who promptly congratulated her rival. "I hope she does very well. No one who loves Chile can wish otherwise," Matthei said.
• But turnout was just 41 percent, a factor that worried Bachelet, who needs a strong mandate to overcome congressional opposition and make good on her promises.
• "I hope people can come and participate and through their vote give a clear expression of the kind of Chile where they want to continue to live," Bachelet said after casting her ballot earlier Sunday. "The changes we need can't be produced through skepticism."
• Bachelet, 62, ended her 2006-2010 presidency with 84 percent approval ratings despite failing to achieve any major changes.

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