WASHINGTON (AP) — Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that's right for them under the health care overhaul law.

The long-awaited regulation, released as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to the law, stresses state and federal flexibility.

Starting Jan. 1, 2014, new health insurance markets called exchanges must be up and running in every state, the linchpin of a plan to eventually provide coverage to most of the nation's 50 million uninsured.

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