Later this year, residents of Pinal County, Arizona, who goshopping for health insurance under Obamacare will face a peculiardilemma -- they’ll have to buy a product that may not exist.

The 400,000-population county southeast of Phoenixcurrently doesn’t have a single health insurer offering coveragenext year on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, where Americanscan shop for the insurance they’re required to have under the law.With the impending pullout of major health insurers -- includingAetna Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., and Humana Inc. -- PinalCounty is just one place around the country where Americans will beleft with few, if any, choices for coverage.

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