Blog: President Bypassing Congress to Delay Obamacare?
Statement
Recently, you may have seen President Obama bypassing Congress -- yet again.
He is at least keeping one promise --he will not hesitate to bypass Congress to implement his policies.
The Administration announced mid-February it would be postponing a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, by delaying the employer health care insurance mandate by another year.
This means employers with 50 to 99 workers will be given a second year delay until 2016 to comply with the lengthy list of Obamacare regulations. On the surface, you might think this doesn't make sense: why is the president delaying another key part of his signature health care law?
I believe the answer is the Administration knows the law will hurt our small and medium sized businesses -- which are the heartbeats of our local economies.
To test this idea, I asked constituents on a live Tele-town Hall meeting this week what they thought of the most recent Obamacare delay. Of those who participated in the survey, 78 percent believed it was because Obamacare would hurt jobs, versus 22 percent who thought it would give employers more time to prepare.
I have heard stories of East Alabamians who say they have benefitted from Obamacare. But those stories are far outweighed by the negative accounts, which for example I heard this week during a meeting with employees and officials at Ajin USA in Chambers County.
They brought up their concerns about Obamacare and its impact on their employees. With the continued uncertainty surrounding the law, job creators like this are nervous, and they should be.
I will continue to fight against this flawed law.
As always, I want to hear from you on this or any issue. Contact me on my website at mike-rogers.house.gov and sign up for my eNewsletter. You can also like me on Facebook at Congressman Mike D. Rogers, follow me on Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram at RepMikeRogersAL and subscribe to my YouTube page at MikeRogersAL03.
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