"Item 1 explains the $8 billion in new taxes that insurers must pay the federal government in 2014, an amount that increases through 2018 and then applies in all of the years to come.... Item 10 explains that patients will pay an estimated $2.3 billion more for prescription drugs.... Item 17 is the $25 million in transitional reinsurance program fees.... Item 19 covers the limit on the waiting period for enrollment into employer plans.... Item 22 is the slacker mandate, the requirement that 'children' up to age 26 must be covered by family policies."

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