Politically, these are rocky days for Obamacare. A couple of weeks ago, the Administration announced that it was suspending for a year the employer mandate that will oblige businesses with fifty or more employees to offer health coverage or pay a fine. Instead of going into effect next January, as was originally planned, the mandate will apply beginning January 1, 2015. In seemingly trying to bury the news by putting it out just before the July 4th holiday, the Administration only made things worse. In Congress, gleeful Republicans seized upon their opponents’ discomfort, calling for the individual mandate to be postponed as well.
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Published on July 17, 2013 13:27