White House Hedges on Individual Healthcare Mandate Delay

Carney says people won't be penalized if they can't get access to ObamaCare, but what does that mean?

White House press secretary Jay Carney hedged Monday on whether ObamaCare's individual mandate could be delayed because of problems with the healthcare law's enrollment web site.

Carney did not directly say the individual mandate could be delayed, but he did say that if people could not get access to ObamaCare, they would not be penalized.

Under the healthcare law, uninsured Americans are required to sign up for health insurance. If they don't, they could be hit with a fine.

Carney was asked Monday if people would have to pay a fine if they couldn't enroll in ObamaCare because of a glitchy website that the administration has struggled to fix.