1. The two biggest takeaways from the PPACA are the health insurance exchanges and the individual mandate. The two biggest direct pieces of the PPACA include the development of the healthcare exchanges and the individual mandate. Currently, the exchanges are a work in progress. It remains to be seen how well they will work, and how many people will be added to the insurance rolls via the individual mandate. Under the mandate, all people must have minimum essential coverage beginning January 1, 2014.
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