What the employer mandate delay means for ObamaCare

The Obama administration is pushing back a key requirement until 2015

President Obama
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On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced that it is pushing back a significant element of the Affordable Care Act — the requirement that businesses with 50 or more employees provide health insurance — to 2015, from its scheduled 2014 start.

Businesses are generally very pleased. And ObamaCare opponents have seized on the announcement as evidence that the legislation is fundamentally flawed.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.