Employer penalty for not providing full health care delayed for a year , till 2015 . Aaron Carroll : Outcry oversized since penalty applies only to companies with 50-plus workers . Employer penalty will likely apply to about 10,000 companies out of about 6 million , he says . Carroll : The Obama administration is expected to announce the new rules on Monday or Tuesday. There 's really no good reason to have the system function this way . Obamacare would hurt without penalty , but it would function .
Employer penalty for not providing full health care delayed for a year , till 2015 . Aaron Carroll : Outcry oversized since penalty applies only to companies with 50-plus workers . Employer penalty will likely apply to about 10,000 companies out of about 6 million , he says . Carroll : The Obama administration is expected to announce the new rules on Monday or Tuesday. Obamacare would hurt without penalty , but it would function .