Healthcare

How one low-income county is struggling without Obamacare options

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Published September 6, 2016 4:01am ET
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How one low-income county is struggling without Obamacare options
Christina Hung, left, 23, of Oakland, fills out an application form during a healthcare enrollment event at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) | Eric Risberg

Lawmakers are pressuring the Obama administration to figure out what to do for people with no Obamacare options next year.

That’s the situation for residents of Pinal County, a low-income area just south of Phoenix, where no insurers are planning to sell coverage through the online marketplace set up under President Obama’s healthcare law.

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