People without private coverage will pay for services according to income.

But he had not paid his insurance a few weeks earlier and was left without coverage.

The state already ranks first in the number of children without medical coverage.

However, many areas are left without coverage since a satellite must be in range of an earth station.

Without such coverage, parents must pay for standard office visits, which often cost more than $100.

The lower figure would have left 200,000 children without coverage.

But he said it would still leave 24 million people, or 9 percent of the nation's population, without coverage.

For those without other coverage, the plan would pay 100 percent.

Those without coverage might not see a doctor until after they had infected others.

Without coverage, she said, the experience is even more stressful.