Keith McMurdy was featured in the FOXBusiness article "Can the Individual Mandate be Delayed?" While the full text can be found in the September 12, 2013 issue of FOXBusiness, a synopsis is noted below.
President Obama's health-care reform bill is set to take effect October 1. With the date fast approaching, there is still controversy surrounding whether or not the individual mandate will be delayed.
McMurdy says the Obama administration is inclined to sign off on a delay.
"Each month, something comes out from the Administration with a statement that it won't require a portion of the bill until 2015," he says. "In September, it would be logical for them to turn around and say, 'We don't have to do the individual mandate' in 2014. It's a progression of them saying this whole thing is screwed up."
"Public sentiment is that we are all really confused, and I think that at this stage, it's all about saving face," says McMurdy. "If the uproar is, 'why are you enforcing the individual mandate when the employer mandate gets an extension?' There is still so much confusion."
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