Employer Health Coverage Requirement Postponed With Relatively Limited Impact On Coverage

Delay In Major Health Law Provision Raises Doubts At Critical Stage Of Rollout by Jay Hancock and Julie Appleby.  Kaiser Health News.  July 2, 2013.

(1)  Under the decision, the requirement that employers with ____________ offer health coverage is delayed.

(2)  This delay could have a relatively small effect on insurance coverage because far more will be covered by ____________________________.

(3)  The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the health law ___________________________  the first year because most employers _______________.

(4)  Still some employers may ________________ some employeesonto the exchanges with no penalty, some analysts say.

(5)  Employees whose employers may not now offer coverage the first year may still be eligble to __________________.

(6)  Questions about which employers are subject to the employer mandate revolve around definitions of what constitutes a _____________ firm who qualifies as a ____________ staffer.

(7)  While firms with under 50 employees are not required offer coverage under the health care law, if they do the coverage must offer _________________.

(8)  Another problem that will arise from the delay decision is determining eligibility for ___________.