A Treasury Department official said Thursday that employer difficulties in complying with PPACA's coverage reporting requirements led to the recent employer mandate delay.

Mark Iwry, a health policy advisor at the Treasury Department, also said the administration relied on Section 7805(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, which gave it authority to delay the mandate's enforcement. 

Iwry discussed the mandate delay at a hearing organized by the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee. The hearing was streamed live on the Web.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.