Can someone, anyone PLEASE exlain what exactly the Employer Mandate portion of the ACA does?

[99Forever]

You know the one got a year waiver because it was so much of a "burden" for businesses to bear.

Who does it cover?

Who enforces it?

Where do we go to get OUR government to take on cheapskate corporations not following the LAW?

[Recursion]

1. Here's the IRS's page

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Affordable-Care-Act-Tax-Provisions-for-Employers

I can't really think of a way to state it more succinctly than they do.

Where do we go to get OUR government to take on cheapskate corporations not following the LAW?

The IRS will be as happy to tax non-compliant businesses as it will be to tax non-compliant individuals. Though I'd hesitate to call either case "breaking the law"... people may just decide that paying the penalty makes better economic sense for them.

[99Forever]

2. So, just like the rest of Obamacare...

.... all hype and no teeth. Got it.

Don't know what possessed me to think otherwise.

[Recursion]

3. Umm... not sure what you mean

Nothing in ACA is a criminal provision at all. What kind of "teeth" are you looking for.

The purpose of the mandate is to make offering (for employers) and purchasing (for employees) health insurance more attractive than not.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Maybe because the guy in your avatar voted for it?

[99Forever]

6. What the hell does thatvhave to do with anything.

Lame. Lame. Lame.

[Cali_Democrat]

7. Listen to Bernie

In Bernie you trust:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024765617

[kelly1mm]

5. As many have stated in multiple threads you started closely related to this topic,

the ACA employer mandate 'mandates' that certain size employers (basically 50+ full time equivalent employees) either provide their employees with ACA compliant health care policies at a cost to the employee of no more than 9.5% of his/her income OR pay a penalty to the government.

So, basically they can still shaft their employees if they want but have to pay a fine (to the government, not the employee, natch!)

[99Forever]

8. Hey, I get it.

Like most everything from this administration, lots of empty promises of "hope and change" followed by disillusionment and disappointment.

Gee, and they wonder why people don't get out to vote for them.