Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Obama delays Obamacare's employer mandate until AFTER 2014 midterm elections

How convenient. Obviously, Ed Rogers didn't get the memo before releasing his piece...

This despotic President will do anything to regain the one-party majority rule he road in on. And if that means duping voters with an 11th hour announcement on Tuesday by the Treasury Department, at the beginning of the holiday week while Congress is in recess, then so be it...
Bloomberg: Businesses won’t be penalized next year if they don’t provide workers health insurance after the Obama administration decided to delay a key requirement under its health-care law, two administration officials said.

The decision will come in regulatory guidance to be issued later this week. It addresses vehement complaints from employer groups about the administrative burden of reporting requirements, though it may also affect coverage provided to some workers.

The two officials, who asked not to be identified to discuss the move ahead of its announcement, said the administration decided to wait until 2015 before enforcing the employer mandate in order to simplify reporting requirements and give businesses more time to adapt their health-care coverage.
And to avoid a backlash among voters! I guess we'll find out whether the Republican leadership is capable of reminding them of this come next year's midterms.

Regardless of their performance, you can mark me down with Ted Cruz on this one...