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Morris Black and Sons doesn't have a problem with the actual insurance part of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate. The Hanover Township, Lehigh County, kitchen remodeler offers four health plans with more than adequate coverage. But keeping up with all the paperwork required by Obamacare is another matter. Office manager Deb Levy estimates she'll have to spend about 40 to 60 hours filling out the Internal Revenue Service's 1095-C form for every person employed by the company over the course of the year. "It's tedious," she said. "It's ridiculous … You are guessing at what codes you need to use." The employer mandate, one of the most controversial aspects of President Barack Obama's signature 2010 law, requires employers to offer health insurance to workers who put in at least 30 hours per week or pay a fine. It applied at the beginning of the year to employers — including businesses, nonprofits and public entities such as municipal governments and school districts — with the equivalent of 100 or more full-time workers, and will be extended Jan. 1 to those with the equivalent of 50 to 99. Read the full article here.