The Republicans will hold a majority of the seats in the Senate in 2015, and a big majority in the House.

Let's talk a look at how Republican control over Congress might affect the implementation — or lack of implementation — of specific PPACA provisions.

One obstacle facing Republicans is that the Republican majority will have too few seats in the Senate to force ordinary bills to the Senate floor, or to overturn presidential vetoes.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.