Go Skins Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/27/news/economy/obamacare-restaurants/index.html?iid=HP_LN Several restaurants in a Florida chain are asking customers to help foot the bill for Obamacare. Diners at eight Gator's Dockside casual eateries are finding a 1% Affordable Care Act surcharge on their tabs, which comes to 15 cents on a typical $15 lunch tab. Signs on the door and at tables alert diners to the fee, which is also listed separately on the bill. The Gator Group's full-time hourly employees won't actually receive health insurance until December. But the company said it implemented the surcharge now because of the compliance costs it's facing ahead of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate kicking in in 2015. "The costs associated with ACA compliance could ultimately close our doors," the sign reads. "Instead of raising prices on our products to generate the additional revenue needed to cover the costs of ACA compliance, certain Gator's Dockside locations have implemented a 1% surcharge on all food and beverage purchases only." The company employs a total of 500 people, with about half working full-time. Currently only management receives health benefits, but the restaurant will have to offer coverage to all full-timers once the mandate takes effect. The fee will allow the company to continue offering full-time hours to many workers, according to Sandra Clark, the group's director of operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Grandstanding Restaurant Chain in Florida Files for Bankruptcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|kennethmw| Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Another example of conservative idiocy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 I'm really getting fucking sick of people. "Look at me!! Look at me!! Maybe I can get on the O'Reilly Factor!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Obamacare is a badly written, poorly implemented version of what SHOULD have been something that emulates the system Canada, Germany or England uses. I don't blame small businesses for balking at it. It's a bad law and nobody read it before it was passed. This isn't socialized medicine, it's bad policy and the government isn't absorbing the costs it should to fund it...mostly because the people in Congress can't be bothered to slash budgets for something like our bloated military to prop it up. Or to, you know, actually subject themselves or their children to it...much like how they shirk military service or many other obligations we the people are compelled to comply with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The PatternMaster Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Obamacare is a badly written, poorly implemented version of what SHOULD have been something that emulates the system Canada, Germany or England uses. I don't blame small businesses for balking at it. It's a bad law and nobody read it before it was passed. This isn't socialized medicine, it's bad policy and the government isn't absorbing the costs it should to fund it...mostly because the people in Congress can't be bothered to slash budgets for something like our bloated military to prop it up. Or to, you know, actually subject themselves or their children to it...much like how they shirk military service or many other obligations we the people are compelled to comply with. I agree that the ACA is not perfect, but it's better than nothing. What should have passed couldn't because of the Republicans being major dickwads, to put it mildly. Hopefully it will get tweaked and become more amiable to small business, but until then it's better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 So for $0.15 extra i can give my waitress healthcare? Sign me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 So for $0.15 extra i can give my waitress healthcare? Sign me up. Yeah, no shit... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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