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The pools are intended to help people until Jan. 1, 2014, when the federal health law's provision banning insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions or charging them more takes effect.
No insurer is offering to sell plans in dozens of mostly rural counties, which would prevent residents from obtaining subsidies through a federal online marketplace.
Thirty-six of Mississippi's 82 counties may lack a subsidized health insurance option when a new marketplace opens this fall. Humana and Centene's Magnolia Health Plan are expected to be available the remaining counties, noted by the dots on the map.
Premiums may increase for young people, but the flip side is insurers must take all comers, broaden benefits and cap out-of-pocket costs.
Consumers can call on "navigators," trained people who will provide face-to-face assistance. Or, it is hoped, the navigators will call on them.
The administration is making a strong push to entice Hispanic Americans and legal residents to get insurance through the online insurance exchanges.
Like other types of birth control, these medications are required to be covered as a preventive benefit without cost sharing in many health plans. But to do so, women must get a prescription for the soon-to-be over-the-counter pills.
With 100 days until Obamacare marketplaces open, much work remains to be done -- here's where they stand.
The Blues are expected to offer health plans nearly everywhere and are supporting marketing campaigns in key states such as Texas and Florida, where political opposition to the health law has been strong.
Vangent already handles more than 60,000 calls a day about Medicare but will soon add an expected 200,000 questions about the marketplaces set up by the health law.
The report says that the administration "has many key activities remaining to be completed."
Some lawmakers and children's advocates say that without changes, certain health law provisions designed to expand children's dental coverage may not work as intended.
With a new slew of complicated laws and regulations on the books, someone has to interpret them for average Americans and the business community.
With provisions of the health law kicking in, consumers are likely to have more questions. One of the biggest will be where to search for answers and assistance.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about how the health law affects insurance for smokers and programs to help them quit.
The health law sets maximum limits on what consumers are required to pay, but officials are giving a one-year grace period in certain cases.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about who pays first when there is coverage from two insurance plans.
The National Women's Law Center files complaints with HHS alleging that five institutions discriminate against women by excluding pregnancy coverage from the health insurance benefits that they provide to employees' daughters.
Consumers want to know: Will health insurance cost more, less, or about the same on the new health insurance exchanges?
Health insurance columnist answers questions about coverage subsidies for families in the health law, Medigap and rules for workers whose companies operate in more than one state.
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