They compared the number of hospitalizations for heart attacks 18 months before the policy went into effect and three years after implementation.

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An actual implementation of these talks could have a much more pronounced effect on their companies, and the industry as a whole.

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Next year, employers will be focused on maintaining the status quo ahead of the implementation of broader health care coverage and new benefits provided when the bulk of the Affordable Care Act takes effect in 2014.

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