Whether he can do it or not constitutionally, I am interested in the impact it will have on the enrollment in the exchanges. Obviously, Obama thought that virtually eliminating the private individual insurance market would force millions into the exchanges. Now that there will probably be a delay, what happens to the premiums in the exchanges and the composition of the enrollees? The exchanges will become high risk pools with most of the enrollees the sicker, less healthy part of the population who had problems getting insurance due to preexisting conditions.
I see this kind of tinkering having unintended consequences.
I am interested in the impact it will have on the enrollment in the exchanges.The liberals do not care. If it creates more debt, they will blame the sequester, Republicans and Bush.
They only care about delaying the effects until after the 2014 mid-term elections. That is all.