1. a) Define mandate.
b) What is the ObamaCare employer mandate?

2. Which parts of the employer mandate did President Obama delay through the Treasury Department until January 2015?

3. What mandate did Republicans say should also be delayed?

4. a) What did House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) accuse President Obama of doing by delaying some of the law's mandates?
b) Ask a parent if he/she agrees with Rep. Cantor and to explain his/her answer.

5. a) What did Republicans call on President Obama and Congress to do after the Obama administration's first delay was announced in July?
b) How did congressional Democrats respond?

6. The assurance President Obama made more than once - "If you like your insurance plan you can keep it" - turned out to be not true. Time Magazine reported recently: "The administration said on Dec. 19 that people with canceled policies will not be subject to the individual mandate in 2014." The Wall Street Journal reports that ObamaCare is expected to be a central issue in the November midterm elections. Conservatives say that the Obama administration is making changes to ObamaCare to take away any negative views it might give voters toward Democrats during the elections. What do you think? Explain your answer.

CHALLENGE QUESTION: Re-read paragraph 9:

Businesses with more than 50 employees would have paid a fee of $2,000 per uninsured employee after the first 30 employees, as well as a fee for employees who receive a subsidy through the exchanges. This comes at a cost to the government: The Congressional Budget Office expected such penalties to bring in $4 billion in 2014, and the new delay causes two years' worth of lost funds.

It will "cost the government" $4 billion in lost funds.  
What do you think the reporter's intended meaning is here?