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KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 02:28 PM Jul 2013

Where are the 100K+ signatures that delayed the Employer Healthcare Mandate?

I'd like to see the petition these corporate persons signed in order to get the President to delay this health care requirement by a year.

Is it on https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/ ?

I do not see anything under "Employer Mandate"






From Bloomberg:

The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health-care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance.

The government will postpone enforcement of the so-called employer mandate until 2015, after the congressional elections, the administration said yesterday. Under the provision, companies with 50 or more workers face a fine of as much as $3,000 per employee if they don’t offer affordable insurance.

The delay in the employer mandate addresses complaints from business groups to President Barack Obama’s administration about the burden of the law’s reporting requirements.

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Where are the 100K+ signatures that delayed the Employer Healthcare Mandate? (Original Post) KeepItReal Jul 2013 OP
Maybe it disappeared like certain other petitions... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #1
According to Jim McDermott, congress was blindsided by this (he was on Ed Schultz) NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #2
I haven't read anything in the business press prior to this KeepItReal Jul 2013 #3
And he may have been fredamae Jul 2013 #5
They are the Constituency! fredamae Jul 2013 #4

NRaleighLiberal

(60,016 posts)
2. According to Jim McDermott, congress was blindsided by this (he was on Ed Schultz)
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 02:33 PM
Jul 2013

Came out of the blue with Obama out of the country - McD was really questioning the communication flow on this, acted quite shocked/befuddled.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
3. I haven't read anything in the business press prior to this
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 02:45 PM
Jul 2013

About companies clamoring for this delay in the Affordable Care Act

This policy change and it's sudden announcement is astonishing.

fredamae

(4,458 posts)
5. And he may have been
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 02:51 PM
Jul 2013

"blindsided" but I'm willing to guess Dems in Leadership are Not at all surprised and in Fact knew about this in advance---
Where is Pelosi's statement?
Reids? Any of them? Quietly and Conveniently announced the day before a holiday and while POTUS is out of country?????

WTF? Was it Ever going to go into effect and What's Next to be rolled back/excluded? Will the rate increases that we've Already had imposed upon us be refunded?

fredamae

(4,458 posts)
4. They are the Constituency!
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 02:46 PM
Jul 2013

They don't Need to petition that which they've Already bought and paid for--
Petitions are for Us "groveling peasants" to beg for Our rights--
It Sure seems more and more apparent that All Branches of govt are now fully owned by corporations.....

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