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The first important official data released since the end of the government shutdown showed the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in September, the highest level in almost four years.

Starting next year, costs are set to go down for Medicare Part D since the government negotiated prices for 10 drugs, and that’s projected to lower costs for Medicare as a whole by $6 billion.

But it did not say if this should come from governments of richer nations or from other sources, like the private sector.

For some members of the government it is deeply, deeply frustrating.

By September, some 33% of Brazilians said they viewed his government positively, the highest level this year, buoying the leader.