Bilirakis: Another Obamacare Delay Demonstrates Law's Fundamental Unworkability
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Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, commented on the Obama Administration's latest Executive overreach: providing a delay of the Employer Mandate for medium sized employers -- those with 50 and 99 employees -- until 2016. Currently, those with 100 employees or more will still be mandated to provide coverage by 2015. This announcement comes after the White House issued a veto threat for H.R. 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act, which the Congressman co-sponsored and the U.S. House of Representatives passed in July. The bill would have delayed the Employer Mandate through a legislative change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), rather than Executive fiat.
"The Obama Administration continues to ignore the provisions of its own law," said Bilirakis. "The dates of implementation for the Employer Mandate were written into the statute. The Obama Administration has simply ignored these provisions. This is tacit confirmation and incontrovertible proof that the law is unworkable. When the Obama Administration starts ignoring its own deadlines, it is a clear sign this law was never ready for prime time."
"This latest delay is insulting to Congress," continued Bilirakis. "I will continue to support a legislative delay of the Employer Mandate for all employers, regardless of size. Too many employees and employers are currently feeling the impacts of Obama's signature legislation. These employees are facing reducedhours, or worse, losing their jobs completely. I will also work with my colleagues to replace Obamacare with commonsense, market-based healthcare reforms that empower families and physicians, not bureaucrats in Washington."
On February 10, 2014, the Obama Administration announced it would delay the Obamacare Employer Mandate for medium sized employers until 2016, despite statutory requirements in the ACA to the contrary. Many Americans have already had their health plans in the individual market cancelled because of Obamacare, and soon those receiving health care through their employer will feel the negative impacts of the ACA.
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