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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Get Syri-ous August 30-September 2, 2013 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)95. Obamacare Delay? What Obamacare Delay?
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/obamacare-delay-what-obamacare-delay-20130711
There have been many glitches and delays in the rollout. But the administration vows that, hell or high water, enrollment will open on time...When the Obama administration said it would delay the health reform laws requirement that employers insure their workers or face a fine, its critics began to wonder what else might get delayed. The laws big new piece of infrastructurethe online insurance marketplaces scheduled to go live Oct. 1involves coordinating a massive trove of information technology and a ton of personnel training. So the doubters, reveling in the recent bad news, have begun casting doubt on the whole enterprise.
Not so fast. The employer mandate was one of many ancillary provisionsnot critical to Obamacares central missionthat the administration has jettisoned in its race to build the exchanges in time. But signing people up for new insurance plans and giving them tax credits to do so is the main idea. It will take a major calamity for the administration to delay this crucial piece of the law. The exchanges may not work smoothly in the early months, but the administration will hit the deadline, says Dan Schuyler, a director at Leavitt Partners, a consultancy helping states build their exchanges. Worst-case scenario: October 1, all exchanges open up.
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There have been many glitches and delays in the rollout. But the administration vows that, hell or high water, enrollment will open on time...When the Obama administration said it would delay the health reform laws requirement that employers insure their workers or face a fine, its critics began to wonder what else might get delayed. The laws big new piece of infrastructurethe online insurance marketplaces scheduled to go live Oct. 1involves coordinating a massive trove of information technology and a ton of personnel training. So the doubters, reveling in the recent bad news, have begun casting doubt on the whole enterprise.
Not so fast. The employer mandate was one of many ancillary provisionsnot critical to Obamacares central missionthat the administration has jettisoned in its race to build the exchanges in time. But signing people up for new insurance plans and giving them tax credits to do so is the main idea. It will take a major calamity for the administration to delay this crucial piece of the law. The exchanges may not work smoothly in the early months, but the administration will hit the deadline, says Dan Schuyler, a director at Leavitt Partners, a consultancy helping states build their exchanges. Worst-case scenario: October 1, all exchanges open up.
MORE PR PUFFERY AT LINK
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