 the employer mandate delay a path to a singlepayer system under obamacare employers with 50 or more fulltime employees are required to provide health insurance to their employees or pay a penalty for each employee this mandate better known as the employer mandate has been delayed for one year the administration claims the delay is necessary to get it right others however believe the delay is just a way to get to a singlepayer system which is what the administration has wanted all along what do you think read more  medcitynewscom 201307 theemployermandatedelayapathtoasinglepayersystem   the employer mandate delay path singlepayer system  