u.s. resets obamacare deadline for some businesses to 2016









the obama administration says businesses employing 50-99 people now have until jan. 1, 2016, to provide health insurance, rolling back part of the requirement known as the employer mandate. under the affordable care act, larger companies must offer the coverage in 2015.









npr's julie rovner filed this update for our newscast desk:









it's the second time the requirement for middle-size businesses has been postponed. julie will have more analysis of the change later, for the shots blog.









the change was announced monday by the department of the treasury and the internal revenue service. the agencies say the delay will affect only about 2 percent of u.s. employers.









the agencies also announced a new rule allowing large employers to phase in the percentage of workers they cover, "from 70 percent in 2015 to 95 percent in 2016 and beyond."









as the announcement notes, many of those firms, which employ 100 or more people, already offer insurance coverage.
u.s. resets obamacare deadline for some businesses to 2016
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