{"id":252,"date":"2013-04-04T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcgfl.com\/site\/?p=252"},"modified":"2013-04-04T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T14:28:19","slug":"ppaca-small-business-insurance-market-delayed-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bcgfl.com\/site\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"PPACA small business insurance market delayed a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Excerpt &#8211; 4\/3\/13\u00a0 Bloomberg) \u2014 Small business employees will have to wait a year before they can choose their own medical plans after the Obama administration delayed a part of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ebn.benefitnews.com\/news\/how-employers-are-getting-creative-ppaca-2731524-1.html?mstr_chnnl=ebn_health_care_reform\">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act<\/a><\/strong> intended to provide them with coverage options.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in 2014, workers at companies with fewer than 100 employees were supposed to have been able to choose from a variety of health plans through new small-business <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ebn.benefitnews.com\/news\/health-plan-members-interested-public-exchanges-2731508-1.html?mstr_chnnl=ebn_health_care_reform\">insurance marketplaces<\/a><\/strong>. 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