As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes full effect in the US, individuals and companies alike need to be prepared. Partners Dan Brown and Ken Schnoll and Associate Kate Morgan peel back the layers of America's most comprehensive health care legislation in decades. Understand how features such as the individual mandate, the employer mandate and the newly created health insurance exchanges and marketplaces will affect you.

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