The Mandate Is Coming; The Mandate Is Coming

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In January. And this time, presumably, there will be no extension, which has been the administration’s preferred tool in dealing with the more onerous provisions of the Affordable Care Act. There have been some 21 such extensions and perhaps the White House will again come up with a way. But for now, as Andhya Somashekhar of the Washington Post reports:

In recent weeks, criticism of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate — one of the law’s most controversial components — has intensified, as employers … complain publicly and even some Obama administration allies acknowledge that the mandate has harmed some workers.

And, then, there is the bigger picture. Sharyl Attkisson, late of CBS and now with The Daily Signal, does a thorough takedown of the Affordable Care Act and those elusive enrollment numbers.  Among her many conclusions:

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