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In an attempt by the Obama administration to help the millions of people who had their health insurance canceled due to Obamacare, a new regulation is being implemented called the “hardship exemption.”

In an attempt by the Obama administration to help the millions of people who had their health insurance canceled due to Obamacare, a new regulation is being implemented called the “hardship exemption.” It allows people whose insurance was canceled to apply for an exemption from the individual mandate to buy insurance. Wyatt Andrews reports.

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The Supreme Court announced that it will hear challenges to Obamacare's contraception mandate, which requires employer-sponsored health insurance plans to pay for contraceptives

The Supreme Court announced that it will hear challenges to Obamacare's contraception mandate, which requires employer-sponsored health insurance plans to pay for contraceptives. A Denver heating and air conditioning manufacturer is one of 44 businesses suing to stop the federal government from forcing them to cover birth control. Anna Werner reports.

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CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports on two small business owners that are struggling to insure their employees

In 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated Obamacare would "collectively reduce the number of people with employer-sponsored health coverage by about 14 million." CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports on two small business owners who are cancelling their worker's insurance because they say they can no longer afford it.

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