Will Obamacare be Delayed? Can it?

Two weeks after its launch, the federal health insurance exchange is a "failure," says the Washington Post's Ezra Klein. Some officials deserve to be fired, according to Robert Gibbs, who until February 2011 was one of President Obama's closest advisers.  And those are Affordable Care Act's Supporters.

Even President Obama on Tuesday conceded that healthcare.gov had "way more glitches than I think are acceptable."

Those glitches could take months -- or even years -- to fix, according to reports. But there's a key deadline looming: Jan. 1, 2014, when the ACA's individual mandate takes effect.

Under the mandate, millions of Americans who were expected to use the exchanges to obtain health insurance will face fines if they haven't purchased coverage by Feb. 15, raising the question of whether the mandate or other Obamacare provisions should be postponed -- an uncomfortable position for an administration already trying to implement a politically divisive law.

What do I think will happen?

I think the Administration will relieve the pressure of the "Deadline to sign up for a Healthcare plan":

a. The open enrollment period today will go until March 31, 2014 - I believe this will be delayed because of the Glitches

b. The Compliance deadline for the Individual mandate.  Currently the deadline falls in the Middle of February (six weeks before the end of open enrollment) - I believe this will be extended to the mirror the period enrollment deadline date.

c. The process for Individual mandate exemptions.  The Exchanges are technically responsible for this.  - I believe that to this date the system has not been developed so I see this being delayed as well.