under the affordable care act, for the first time all group health plans will be prohibited from offering coverage from the highest paid employees. the hhs and treasury are working on rules are working on requirements taking into account comments that were previously requested. they were caught a ton of money because for every lower level employee who does not get access to the same benefits, there is a penalty of $100 per worker per day. there is no date, but the big open enrollment period of healthcare.gov goes for 71 days. everyone without coverage is going to be fined. the administration said at least 22 million people signed up for new plans and haven t said how many have paid their premiums.
has been delayed until at least next year, the new york times reports, because the irs has not figured out who counts as highly compensated. republicans can t figure out why the white house keeps changing the law on its own. and here once again we have an administration that one more time without consulting congress, without legislative changes is altering their signature piece of legislation, obamacare, the affordable care act. here is how the treasury department explains the delay. quote, form the first time all group health plans will be prohibited from offering coverage to their highest paid employees. the departments of hhs, labor and the treasury are working on rules that will implement the requirement of the aca taking into account public comments that were previously requested. just 71 days from now open enrollment ends so people without coverage will face a fine. but the wall street journal says most of the 2.2 sign ups so far are enrolling because
entry level employees that they provide to the executives. this was first from the new york times and to a provision that was supposed to kick in shortly after the president signed this bill into law back in 2010. but because the irs still hasn t spelled tout business owners exactly where to draw the line about who counts as a highly compensated employee, nobody knows what to do. and until the irs figures out exactly who is highly compensated, we re not going to go when this regulation actually kicks in. the treasury department, though, sent this over. quote, under the affordable care act for the first time all groups health plans will be prohibited from offering coverage to their highest paid employ es. the treasury and hhs are working on the rules taking into account public comments previously requested. with 71 days to go during open enrollment, the administration is saying 2.1 million people are
because he has to work the other half. then i m okay with it. is he your leader now? i m going to call andrew cuomo tonight and say he s got a new recruit. thank you. i m sure he s never reaped revenge on anybody. thank you jonathan capehart and michael steele. coming up, the assault on voting rights both north carolina and ohio are back at it again making it easier to purge voters, restrict early voting, and end same-day voting. reduce the vote by making it harder for minorities and older people to vote. how s that for politics? that s worse than jamming up the bridge. also over its governor, barring insurance companies from offering coverage for abortion even in cases of rape, incest, and danger to the health of the mother unless women pay extra. gretchen whitmer is among those denouncing the ban. i m about to tell you something that i ve not shared with many people in my life.
this evening. so if governor cuomo is okay with this because he has to work the other half. then i m okay with it. is he your leader now? i m going to call andrew cuomo tonight and say he s got a new recruit. thank you. i m sure he s never reaped revenge on anybody. thank you jonathan capehart and michael steele. coming up, the assault on voting rights both north carolina and ohio are back at it again making it easier to purge voters, restrict early voting, and end same-day voting. reduce the vote by making it harder for minorities and older people to vote. how s that for politics? that s worse than jamming up the bridge. also over its governor, barring insurance companies from offering coverage for abortion even in cases of rape, incest, and danger to the health of the mother unless women pay extra. gretchen whitner is among those denouncing the ban. i m about to tell you