 white house delays employer mandate in another setback to the president s health care law the white house announced tuesday that the socalled employer mandate will be delayed for one year this provision would have required employers with 50 or more employees to provide affordable quality insurance or be fined 2000 the delay sets the date for implementation back to 2015 after the 2014 midterm elections how will this impact the implementation of the act read more  wwwwashingtonpostcom politics whitehousedelayshealthcarerulethatbusinessesprovid 20130702 f87e7892e36011e2aef3339619eab080story1html  white house delays employer mandate  