Employer penalty for not having full health care delayed for a year , till 2015 . Aaron Carroll : Very oversized since penalty applies only to companies with 50-plus workers . Employer penalty will likely apply to about 50 companies out of about 100 million , he said . Carroll : Today , though , it 's another mandate -- the employer penalty -- that is garnering headlines . It 's all political theater -- Obamacare would fail without penalty , but it would function .
Employer penalty for not having full health care delayed for a year , till 2015 . Aaron Carroll : Very oversized since penalty applies only to companies with 50-plus workers . Employer penalty will likely apply to about 50 companies out of about 100 million , he said . Carroll : It 's all political theater -- Obamacare would fail without penalty , but it would function .