Delay in Affordable Care Act could lead to higher premiums -
Tucson News Now  Delay in Affordable Care Act could lead to
higher premiums  Posted: Updated:  It's one of the keys to the
Affordable Care Act.  The individual mandate that requires
everyone to sign up for health insurance by March 31.  All the
problems with the website  have led to more calls for the
Affordable Care Act to be delayed.  However, any delay in the
individual mandate could send everyone's health insurance
premiums skyrocketing, according to an organization that
represents the nation's leading health insurance companies.
Robert Zirkelbach, with America's Health Insurance Plans, told
CBS5 that if Congress delays the day individuals are required to
purchase insurance, premiums will likely go up.  "If the
individual mandate was delayed, or open enrollment period
extended, then the premiums that health plans already filed
would have to be changed to account for the fewer, younger and
healthier people signing up for coverage," Zirkelbach sa