House to sue Obama over ACA’s employer mandate delay

The U.S. House of Representatives will sue President Obama’s administration over delaying the implementation of an employer health insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

In 2013, President Obama changed the health care law without a vote of Congress. The ACA requires employers with 50 or more workers to provide them with health insurance or pay fines of as much as $3,000 per employee. Under pressure from employers, President Obama has twice delayed the requirement. This past February, President Obama again delayed the employer requirement. Now, no company with fewer than 100 workers has to offer health insurance until 2016, and larger companies must cover only 70 percent of their workforce starting in 2015.

To proceed with its suit, the House must vote on the resolution, which won’t need Senate approval and would immediately take effect upon passage. The House Rules Committee is set to hold a hearing on the draft resolution July 16, and a House floor vote may be held during the last week of July.

Interesting times.

Marsha Pfeffer, CHRS, CSFS, ACBC, LUTCF
Sr. Employee Benefit Advisor
(727) 381-9288×101
marsha@corporatebenefitsnetwork.com