Six Inconvenient Truths About Obamacare

July 9 (Bloomberg) -- The White House’s decision last weekto delay part of its health-care overhaul illustrates six truthsabout the law that its supporters can’t easily acknowledge.

First, important parts of it are badly designed. PresidentBarack Obama’s administration has pulled back on the employermandate -- the part of the law that fines large businesses thatdon’t offer health insurance -- because, among other things, itthreatened to depress full-time employment before the nextcongressional elections.