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Showtime for Obamacare.

I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Millions of Americans are now able to use their brand new Obamacare health coverage, that is, if their new insurer has a record of their enrollment, or if they're able to find a doctor who accepts their new plan, or, well, there are a lot of ifs in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act,

one of the nation's most sweeping changes to social policy in decades.

That's ahead on to the point.

Also, in today's talking point, Colorado's new marijuana stores are open for business and not lacking for customers.

We'll hear how the state is managing the

nation's first legalized pot industry. First, the news.

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the Public Radio International Program Fund. We're back with To the Point. I'm Barbara Bogaive in for Warren, only. Just ahead,

millions of Americans are starting to use their new health insurance under the Affordable

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