Another central Obamacare provision delayed

The Obama administration has quietly delayed another major provision of the president’s health care reforms, pushing back until 2015 the cap on out-of-pocket costs Americans would pay under their health insurance plans.

Some insurers that currently set no limit on how much consumers must pay out of pocket will not have to have limits in place by next year, as the law originally required. The change means some consumers will continue to pay more than promised for health care, undermining a central provision of President Obama’s health care pitch: That the reforms would limit how much Americans pay for medical care.