Postponing Mandate Only Delaying the Economic Disaster It Will Create
President Obama's decision to unilaterally postpone the mandate in the Affordable Care Act that requires businesses provide employees with €affordable' health insurance was met with sighs of relief in the business community and privately by Democrat members of Congress this week. The mandate is now expected to take affect on Jan. 1, 2015.
The White House released a blog written by White House adviser Valerie Jarrett that stated that businesses need the time to sort out the requirements of the new law. Businesses that don't comply with the law face a fine of $2,000 a year per employee.
The real reason for the delay is to protect Democrats who are facing tough re-elections in 2014. The health care law is expected to cause widespread confusion and economic turmoil once the employer mandate is implemented. Businesses have already started cutting the hours of their full-time workers to below 30-hours a week to avoid going bankrupt paying the fines or the increased insurance costs associated with the Affordable Care Act. The new law considers a 30-hour workweek to be full-time.
The delay in implementing the mandate gives credence to opponents of the program who said that it was too big and overbearing. The law gives the federal government control over one-sixth of the national economy, something that has only happened in countries that were controlled by socialists. The 2,700 page law created new taxes that are supposed to help offset the $2 trillion cost.
The health care law also violates the religious freedom of individuals and businesses who oppose the mandate for religious reasons by forcing them to provide sterilization services and abortion inducing drugs. The fine of $100 a day per employee, an IRS excise tax, which is in a different section of the IRS code, has not been postponed, and the administration has given no indication that it would be delayed.
Since the Obama administration has a penchant for attacking Christians, there is no expectation that the mandate will be delayed. The provision has been challenged by dozens of companies, who have filed suit in federal court, saying that the mandate violates their 1st Amendment right to Freedom of Religion. The case is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court in the middle of the 2014 mid-term elections.
Democrats have publicly complained about the delay in implementation, saying that doing so will prevent millions of citizens from receiving quality health care. Privately though, they are relieved to know that the economic disaster that the mandate is going to cause will come after they are re-elected, and safe from the wrath of their constituents for another two or six years.
As the Congressional Budget Office receives more information on the massive law, the higher the estimated cost of the health care law gets. When first looked at, the CBO estimated the law would cost less than $1 trillion over ten years. The cost has slowly risen, and the true cost of Obamacare may not be known for years.
Many opponents of the law, and many supporters as well, agree that if young people don't sign up, opting to pay the fine instead of buying insurance from the government, the health care law is doomed to failure and the economy of the U.S. is likely to be devastated. That is a gamble the president and his Democrat supporters were willing to take in order to control the health care needs of the American people.
The media, who have been Obama's useful idiots since he took office, have been complaining, right along with Democrats, that the Republicans in the House have had 37 votes on Obamacare. In their haste to do Obama's dirty work, they never stopped to think that Republicans were holding the votes to make it plain to the American people who supports Obamacare and the coming disaster, and who stands for personal liberty and freedom.
The White House released a blog written by White House adviser Valerie Jarrett that stated that businesses need the time to sort out the requirements of the new law. Businesses that don't comply with the law face a fine of $2,000 a year per employee.
The real reason for the delay is to protect Democrats who are facing tough re-elections in 2014. The health care law is expected to cause widespread confusion and economic turmoil once the employer mandate is implemented. Businesses have already started cutting the hours of their full-time workers to below 30-hours a week to avoid going bankrupt paying the fines or the increased insurance costs associated with the Affordable Care Act. The new law considers a 30-hour workweek to be full-time.
The delay in implementing the mandate gives credence to opponents of the program who said that it was too big and overbearing. The law gives the federal government control over one-sixth of the national economy, something that has only happened in countries that were controlled by socialists. The 2,700 page law created new taxes that are supposed to help offset the $2 trillion cost.
The health care law also violates the religious freedom of individuals and businesses who oppose the mandate for religious reasons by forcing them to provide sterilization services and abortion inducing drugs. The fine of $100 a day per employee, an IRS excise tax, which is in a different section of the IRS code, has not been postponed, and the administration has given no indication that it would be delayed.
Since the Obama administration has a penchant for attacking Christians, there is no expectation that the mandate will be delayed. The provision has been challenged by dozens of companies, who have filed suit in federal court, saying that the mandate violates their 1st Amendment right to Freedom of Religion. The case is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court in the middle of the 2014 mid-term elections.
Democrats have publicly complained about the delay in implementation, saying that doing so will prevent millions of citizens from receiving quality health care. Privately though, they are relieved to know that the economic disaster that the mandate is going to cause will come after they are re-elected, and safe from the wrath of their constituents for another two or six years.
As the Congressional Budget Office receives more information on the massive law, the higher the estimated cost of the health care law gets. When first looked at, the CBO estimated the law would cost less than $1 trillion over ten years. The cost has slowly risen, and the true cost of Obamacare may not be known for years.
Many opponents of the law, and many supporters as well, agree that if young people don't sign up, opting to pay the fine instead of buying insurance from the government, the health care law is doomed to failure and the economy of the U.S. is likely to be devastated. That is a gamble the president and his Democrat supporters were willing to take in order to control the health care needs of the American people.
The media, who have been Obama's useful idiots since he took office, have been complaining, right along with Democrats, that the Republicans in the House have had 37 votes on Obamacare. In their haste to do Obama's dirty work, they never stopped to think that Republicans were holding the votes to make it plain to the American people who supports Obamacare and the coming disaster, and who stands for personal liberty and freedom.