Wide swath of Mississippi could remain uninsured

Tens of thousands of uninsured residents in the poorest and most rural parts of Mississippi may be unable to get subsidies to buy health coverage when a new online marketplace opens this fall because private insurers are avoiding a wide swath of the state. No insurer is offering plans through the federal health law’s marketplace in 36 of the state’s 82 counties, including some of the poorest parts of the Delta region, said Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. More health and science newsBoston Marathon bombing victims will split $60.9 million Lenny Bernstein Double amputees and families of the dead will receive $2.2 million each. NFL says no to helping Obamacare...