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GWEN IFILL (Newshour): We look now at the fallout from the Obama administration's decision to delay an insurance mandate for employers.
Under the health reform law, companies with 50 or more full-time workers were required to provide coverage for employees beginning next January or pay a penalty of $2,000 dollars per employee. But the administration surprised many yesterday when it said it will postpone that requirement until 2015.
Other major parts of the law, such as an individual mandate and new subsidized insurance exchanges, will still take effect as scheduled. Employers praised the decision, but Republicans said the delay was a sign of underlying weakness. House Speaker John Boehner said, "It means even the Obama administration knows the train wreck will only get worse."
Two views now. Ron Pollack is with Families USA, which backs the law and is working to increase enrollment. And Tom Miller of the American Enterprise Institute, he's the co-author of the book "Why Obamacare is Wrong for America."
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