Washington – White House Delays Employer Health Care Rule Until 2015

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    A patient waits in the hallway for a room to open up in the emergency room at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Texas, July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiWashington – The Obama administration says it’s delaying a major part of the president’s health care overhaul law, the requirement that medium and large companies offer coverage.

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    In an announcement late Tuesday from the Treasury Department, the administration said it has heard requests from business groups for additional time to comply and will grant another year.

    The health law requires companies with 50 or more workers to offer affordable coverage to their employees or face potentially large fines if just one worker ends up getting taxpayer-subsidized insurance.


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    victorg
    victorg
    10 years ago

    Every pro Obama liberal now has to deal with the reality of sky high health insurance costs, decreased health care availability, and generally higher taxes (or haven’t you noticed that your social security doubled this year, for everybody not just 400k people as originally promised)

    Sha1om
    Sha1om
    10 years ago

    That’s right, delay it until after the 2014 elections.

    That way, when the requirement goes into effect and companies start shedding jobs right and left, or else cut employees’ hours to below 30 per week, all so they don’t have to provide them with insurance, the voting sheep will already have re-elected the same senators and congressmen who pushed this bill through in the first place, and it’ll be too late to change their minds.

    PowerUp
    PowerUp
    10 years ago

    We get the ploy! Push it off till after the midterm elections, so this the democrates have a chance of taking back the house…….

    ComeOn
    ComeOn
    10 years ago

    It’s actually more devious than you think.
    I’ve studied Obamacare in depth and because of this new rule, MORE people will be eligible for federal subsidies on their premiums through the exchange.
    So not only will companies not cut jobs before the election, people will have this illusion of a subsidy that will go away as soon as employers are forced to offer coverage.

    LiberalismIsADisease
    LiberalismIsADisease
    10 years ago

    ANYONE who votes democrat for ANYTHING in ANY election, is a serious unintelligent uninformed tipish. That is said even though most of the republicans in elected office, especially NATIONAL elected office, needs a good kick in the pants to help them do what they need to do.