For health care, 2011 was the year of the new: PPACA set off a rash of experiments, and payers, providers, benefits consultants, and even retailers announced innovative plans. But what will it all amount to?

One year after the passage of healthcare reformembodied in the blockbuster Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)its still difficult to see just what form it will take and, more important, what kind of impact it will have on the marketplace.

One year after the passage of health care reform embodied in the blockbuster Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act its still difficult to see just what form it will take and, more importantly, what kind of impact it will have on the market.