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The first yearly sign-up period for Obamacare closes today, with early returns suggesting the administration may reach a projection of 7 million enrollees made before the U.S. health exchange struggled at its startup.

Calculations from NerdWallet estimate that for a lifetime of PPACA penalties, individuals will pay a minimum of $36,556, and families of four a minimum of $109,668.

Some may cut rates to get into the new narrow networks, rating analysts say.

Volume may have doubled nationally but dropped in some states.

Employers that fail to send the right notices may have to pay former employees' medical bills.

President Barack Obama is picking and choosing how the 2010 health care law will be implemented and doesnt have the flexibility legally to do so, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said.