Rubio: Delay ObamaCare Mandate Until Website Works at Least 6 Months

HASSELBECK: “You're offering a solution which you put forward next week in front of all, to delay the individual mandate based on the fact that you can't even log on to the website. Correct?“
RUBIO: “Right. Let me explain the situation. I think the viewers of your show are probably well aware of it. Next year everyone will be required to purchase health insurance. If you don't, you're going to owe the I.R.S. money. That's called the individual mandate. One of the ways that becomes available, according to this brilliant idea called ObamaCare, is to make these exchanges available on-line. But they are not working. So how are you going to go after people next year using the I.R.S. to punish them?  The thing you're forcing them to buy isn't available for them to buy because the website is not working. Consumer reports yesterday warned people to stay off the websites before they figure this out. The law I'm going to introduce basically delays that requirement until the G.A.O. certifies it has been up and running and effectively working for six months consecutive. I think that is a prudent approach given the problems it is facing by the White House's own admission.”