WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today criticized the Obama Administration’s decision to delay the start of the enrollment period for 2015 Obamacare coverage until November 15, 2014 –  two weeks after the national midterm elections.

"This latest delay proves that President Obama and congressional Democrats are terrified of the political fallout from Obamacare,” Wicker said. “Americans from all walks of life are being impacted by the law’s harmful mandates, higher premiums, and canceled health-care coverage. The Administration’s postponement of the health-care enrollment period next year is nothing short of a political decision to save vulnerable Democrats up for reelection next year.

"The President’s health-care law is the wrong approach to providing more affordable and more accessible coverage. It is increasingly clear that market-driven solutions are a better answer to today’s health-care challenges."