White House delays employer mandate requirement until 2015

[eflatminor]

Never mind. Found the answer.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/07/02/white-house-to-delay-obamacares-employer-mandate-until-2015-far-reaching-implications-for-the-private-health-insurance-market/

 

[Antares]

The only waivers after Jan 1 are unions', until their contracts end...

This does away with the penalties, actually tiny, that Pub fear mongers have scared the hell out of people with. Obama himself never wanted them, or mandates for that matter- thought it would succeed on its own merits...Sorry, chumps LOL...

Any problems are caused by Pub fear mongering or obstruction. Kiss your azz goodbye in 2014....

Prove it moron....or get lost.

 

[RandallFlagg]

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Just another insult from the folks in DC.

"They won't notice we did this for the midterm elections."

Wow.

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Bingo!! Obama knows this will be a deal breaker for the midterms, so, push the goal post back and wait for the elections to get over with.

Won't matter. The left is going to take a "ass-whupping" in the mid terms anyway.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

What's the matter Dems, getting cold feet?
Afraid you might lose a few seats?
Chickenshits.

 

[deltex1]

lynchpin of obamacare delayed...now comes the claim there will be no affect...no big deal....nothing here...just move on...more bullshit as obabble wanders thru africa..

 

[buckeye45_73]

How can we fix Obamacare?

Abortion.

Now there is the only abortion I am will to support.

me too, I'm fully pro choice on this one, and hey we can say we were raped by congress to get this piece of shit.

 

[Redfish]

How can we fix Obamacare?

repeal it......its not salvagable, too much crap than has nothing to do with healthcare or medicine.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

If it's so great, why aren't you standing behind it Dems?
You should want it implemented immediately. What happened?
Could it be November 2014 had something to do with it?

 

[Redfish]

sorry, Roo. I didn't realize you already had a thread on this when I started mine.

moderators-------merge maybe?

 

[bripat9643]

Where does the Constitution give the President to enforce only the laws he wishes to enforce?

 

[Redfish]

If it's so great, why aren't you standing behind it Dems?
You should want it implemented immediately. What happened?
Could it be November 2014 had something to do with it?

if its so great why did congress exempt itself from it? why have unions asked for exemptions?

 

[Redfish]

Where does the Constitution give the President to enforce only the laws he wishes to enforce?

only kings and tyrants can do that--------------------------

 

[deltex1]

Hit the start over button onFox News and catch Cavuto's program and listen to Dr Ben Carson and Mark Levin's comments on the state of Obabblecare...

 

[Trajan]

Obama signed the bill into law March 23, 2010. This particular part of the Bill (Section 1513/4890H) was supposed to go into effect Jan 1 2014, now its delayed at least a entire year, until 2015.

So, it appears that, 3 years and 9 months isn't enough, they need almost 5 years ( if they go live on this Jan 1 2015) to reach what they think is a workable plan before implementation? Wow.

So, the issue as in the section states (paraphrased); 'all employers with 50 full-time-equivalent employees—defined as 120 hours per month—be offered government-certified health coverage or pay a fine' how does this effect the cost benchmarks of Obamacare, are there any? Just a thought....it appears everything for these employers/employees is in stasis...?

edit- I just thought, what if they keep postponing it like the Doctor fix?

 

[Trajan]

sorry, Roo. I didn't realize you already had a thread on this when I started mine.

moderators-------merge maybe?

where it is?

 

[Trajan]

Where does the Constitution give the President to enforce only the laws he wishes to enforce?

frankly I am not sure how that works, postponements etc....*shrugs*


Forbes asks the same question;

Does Obama have the legal authority to delay the mandate?



The Affordable Care Act is quite clear as to the effective date of the employer mandate. “The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013,” concludes Section 1513.

The executive branch is charged with enforcing the law, and it can of course choose not to enforce the law if it wants. But people can sue the federal government, and a judge could theoretically force the administration to enforce the mandate.

So the question is: Would anyone sue the Obama administration over this? Employers, of course, will be thrilled to be spared the mandate for one more year. Democratic politicians, similarly, will be glad to have this not hanging over their heads for the 2014 mid-term election.


White House To Delay Obamacare's Employer Mandate Until 2015; Far-Reaching Implications For The Private Health Insurance Market - Forbes

see below-

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

and where do these 35% (The Dumb-Informed) live of whom approve Obama-Care? Cleveland and Los Angeles? the ones who believe that their health-care will be free once its uplimented? Im sure Obama-Phone Girl and that Ditz with the crown on her head think so.

 

[EriktheRed]

The announcement is catnip for Obamacare critics, who are intent on portraying every implementation hiccup as the sound of a law groaning atop a fatally flawed foundation.

The reality is much different. The employer mandate decision does reflect some real problems with the measure itself. But those problems exist at the margins of the law’s core functions. And ironically, the solution will increase the pressure the administration is under to get the core of the law right. But broadly speaking the uproar amounts to much ado about very little.

“[T]here is very little in the ACA that changes the incentives facing employers that already offer coverage to their workers, and fully 96 percent of employers with 50 or more workers already offer today,” write Linda J. Blumberg, John Holahan, and Judy Feder of the Urban Institute. “Competition for labor, the fact that most employees get greater value from the tax exclusion for employer sponsored insurance than they would from exchange-based subsidies, and the introduction of a requirement for individuals to obtain coverage or pay a penalty themselves, are the major factors that will keep the lion’s share of employers continuing to do just what they do today with no requirements in place to do so.”

In other words, even in absence of Obamacare’s $2000-a-head penalty, employers still have very real incentives to offer their employees health benefits. And if the delay will only have a modest impact on the insurance market, then it should also have a modest impact on the law’s fiscal consequences.

The Real Consequences Of The Latest Obamacare Hiccup | TPMDC

 

[Antares]

Poor Erik, it is PURE politics

Delay until AFTER mid terms.

 

[dilloduck]

But I'm sick NOW dammit