Another day, another ObamaCare implementation delay

The New York Times recently revealed yet another ObamaCare implementation delay. “In another setback for President Obama’s health care initiative, the administration has delayed until 2015 a significant consumer protection in the law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own health care. “The limit on out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and co-payments, was...

The New York Times recently revealed yet another ObamaCare implementation delay.

“In another setback for President Obama’s health care initiative, the administration has delayed until 2015 a significant consumer protection in the law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own health care.

“The limit on out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and co-payments, was not supposed to exceed $6,350 for an individual and $12,700 for a family. But under a little-noticed ruling, federal officials have granted a one-year grace period to some insurers, allowing them to set higher limits, or no limit at all on some costs, in 2014.”

According to the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon, this delay further reveals the preferential treatment offered to big business, but not to individuals.

“It is a sign of ObamaCare’s complexity that the Obama administration felt it needed to issue this delay. It is a further sign of the law’s complexity that this delay was announced in February, yet is only coming to light now.

“It is a sign of how individuals will fare under ObamaCare that this is yet another break the administration is offering to big business but not individual Americans. ObamaCare imposes these same caps on out-of-pocket exposure on millions of consumers who purchase coverage directly from an insurance company on the “individual” market, and this mandate like all such mandates will increase premiums. But the administration offered to delay this premium hike only for businesses. Why? Because large businesses have resources and lobbyists that ordinary Americans don’t have. They can work the system, and the Obama administration is more than willing to buy their silence.”