People whose jobs don't offer health benefits, self-employed entrepreneurs and young adults are among the Illinois residents who will start shopping for health coverage this weekend. Saturday is the first day of the second sign-up season under the nation's year-old health system.
Illinois officials say more than 231,000 people have visited the Get Covered Illinois website, many of them looking for information on new options for health insurance.
A federal judge has struck down a Missouri health insurance law because it conflicts with a federal mandate for insurers to cover birth control at no additional cost to women.