How important is PPACA's employer mandate, really? Apparently researchers agree with Robert Gibbs, as experts at the Urban Institute say killing it wouldn't really be that big of a deal.

Former White House press secretary Gibbs made national headlines when he predicted at last month's Benefits Selling Expo that the mandate would not survive and it wasn't that vital to the law.

"I don't think the employer mandate will go into effect. It's a small part of the law. I think it will be one of the first things to go," Gibbs said.

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