Home caregivers who work for Visiting Angels in Douglasville will soon have something they don’t now: the option of buying health insurance through their jobs.
It just may not happen until 2015 in the wake of this week’s White House decision to delay a key part of the Affordable Care Act, said Teresa Janiga, owner of the franchise.
“We’re going to make it happen,” Janiga said Wednesday, hours after federal officials postponed for one year a penalty for mid-size or large employers who don’t provide coverage.
The extension, she said, “gives us time to wrap our brain around the law. It’s such a relief that this will not have to be a rash decision.”
Businesses across Georgia and beyond hailed the delay as well. It puts off to 2015 – but doesn’t eliminate – the $2,000-per-employee fine on employers who have the equivalent of at least 50-full-time workers and don’t offer them affordable health insurance as determined by the government.
The delay came as a shock for supporters and critics of the law alike and has some industry observers wondering if it could be a sign of more trouble ahead for the Obama administration’s roll out of the law.
“The delay is a relief, but it doesn’t fix the underlying problems, which are becoming clearer by the minute,” Gov. Nathan Deal told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution Wednesday. “This is unaffordable for businesses, for governments and for individuals.”
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