Alan Krueger worries state opposition will harm Obamacare

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White House Council of Economic Advisors Chairman Alan Krueger’s biggest concern with Obamacare’s implementation isn’t the employer mandate delay or backlash from union members, but the potential that Congress and the states might mess it all up.

“My main worry is that Congress won’t provide sufficient tools to implement the law. I think that, and concern about some states kind of fighting the last war,” Krueger told Politico’s Mike Allen during Monday’s Playbook Luncheon.

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