Obama Employer Mandate Delay Train Wreck! Or Not

The Obamacare Train Wreck That Wasn't
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Yesterday evening, the Obama administration announced that it will delay for one year the “employer mandate,” which is the penalty on businesses with 50 or more employees who don’t provide insurance to their workforce. Naturally, this reactivated the Obamacare Train Wreck Doomsaying chorus. This is not Obamacare Train Wreck Doom. It is, however, something real, rather than the usual fever dreams that produce such cries.

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