More Effects of "The Affordable Care Act" on Employers

HHS Delays Small Business Exchanges For A Year.

The New York Times (4/2, A12, Pear, Subscription Publication) reports that the Obama Administration, "unable to meet tight deadlines in the new health care law," is "delaying parts of a program intended to provide affordable health insurance to small businesses and their employees - a major selling point for the health care legislation." The Affordable Care Act "calls for a new insurance marketplace specifically for small businesses, starting next year." However, "in most states, employers will not be able to get what Congress intended: the option to provide workers with a choice of health plans," settling instead for a single plan.