Obamacare: Employer healthcare mandate postponed until 2015

  The Treasury Department has just announced that it is delaying the implementation of the employer healthcare mandate until 2015, claiming more time is needed to insure the mandate is instituted effectively.

We have heard concerns about the complexity of the requirements and the need for more time to implement them effectively,” Mark Mazur, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, wrote in a late Tuesday blog post. “We recognize that the vast majority of businesses that will need to do this reporting already provide health insurance to their workers, and we want to make sure it is easy for others to do so

  With a huge increase in healthcare coverage expected many companies were going to have to choose between providing mandated healthcare coverage or paying a relatively small fine–when compared with the cost of healthcare insurance–and now that decision was made easier for these companies with the news there will be no penalty for not providing healthcare coverage.

  Of course I am opposed to the mandates but the problem here is the fact that while the mandate has been delayed for employers individuals will still be fined if their employers drop healthcare coverage and they cannot afford to pick it up on their own.

  While Barack Obama likes to fashion himself as a middle class warrior it seems as if the regime has bowed to the will of big business (at least before the midterm elections) while leaving the American people on the hook once again.

  The man who is credited with authoring Obamacare, Max Baucus, has gone on record as stating he fears the implementation of the legislation will be a train wreck and it appears as if his prophesy is coming true right before our eyes.