Speaking Of Delaying The Mandate....

Flashback: this was posted July 26, 2011 -- one of only a few states to be denied a waiver, and the first to be denied:

Another First for North Dakota: First State to Be Denied a Waiver for ObamaCare -- 733+ Waivers Granted Nationwide -- Including Every Union -- Eleven-Page Letter To Explain Reason for Denial

Full list of HHS waivers used to be listed here but HHS removed the file, but here's the Minnesota list.

From wiki:

On January 26, 2011, HHS said it had to date granted a total of 733 waivers for 2011, covering 2.1 million people, or about 1% of the privately insured population. 

In June 2011, the Obama Administration announced that all applications for new waivers and renewals of existing ones have to be filed by September 22 of that year, and no new waivers would be approved after this date.