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| Obamacare delay extended for some firms | Obamacare delay extended for some firms |
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| A key provision of President Obama's healthcare law affecting medium-sized business has been delayed again, the latest trouble for the overhaul. | A key provision of President Obama's healthcare law affecting medium-sized business has been delayed again, the latest trouble for the overhaul. |
| Firms with 50-99 employees will not face a tax penalty until 2016 if they fail to provide health insurance to their workers, it was announced. | Firms with 50-99 employees will not face a tax penalty until 2016 if they fail to provide health insurance to their workers, it was announced. |
| The requirement for companies with over 50 workers to offer health coverage had already been delayed a year until 2015. | |
| The reform has been beset by technical problems and political opposition. | The reform has been beset by technical problems and political opposition. |
| It aims to extend health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, partially by imposing tax penalties on individuals who do not carry health insurance and on some companies that do not offer it to their employees. | It aims to extend health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, partially by imposing tax penalties on individuals who do not carry health insurance and on some companies that do not offer it to their employees. |
| The change, published in final regulations by the treasury department on Monday, also changed the requirements for firms with 100 or more employees - they must only offer coverage to 70% of their full-time workers in 2015, and 95% of their employees in 2016 | |
| A treasury official told the National Journal website firms would have to prove they were not cutting employees to qualify for the additional delay. | A treasury official told the National Journal website firms would have to prove they were not cutting employees to qualify for the additional delay. |
| The law only requires business with 50 or more employees to offer health insurance coverage. Individuals not covered by an employer or government plan will face a tax penalty in 2014 if they do not gain insurance on their own. | The law only requires business with 50 or more employees to offer health insurance coverage. Individuals not covered by an employer or government plan will face a tax penalty in 2014 if they do not gain insurance on their own. |
| Mr Obama's signature domestic achievement, the law was passed in 2010 with no support from the opposition Republicans, who have sought to undermine or repeal it at every turn. | Mr Obama's signature domestic achievement, the law was passed in 2010 with no support from the opposition Republicans, who have sought to undermine or repeal it at every turn. |
| Its provisions have gradually taken effect since then. | Its provisions have gradually taken effect since then. |