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Restaurants to Cut Obamacare Costs by Cutting Employee Hours

citizen al Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 9:12 AM
you know how you make unemployment go down? EVERYBODY works less than 30 hrs. per week. of course, many people can't live on what they make in 30 hrs., but that's not relevant in the new America--the one where media will trumpet a declining unemployment rate, as opposed to increasing poverty
justme16 Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 12:36 PM
What the dummies who voted for this clown don't realize, is that the HEALTH CARE (lie) of the century will NOT get them FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE health insurance. So two things will happen. A. Many will get their hours cut so employers will sidestep their poriton of the mandate. It then falls to the individual (individual mandate) to PURCHASE insurance (probably around 300 to 500 per month) and they will be faced with that on LESS hours and LESS takehome pay. Yup Obama sure does have the middle class in mind but it isn't to help them it is to ensnare them. Then even if an employer decides to comply, those employees will also be faced with an IMMDEDIATE payroll deduction to the tune of 300 to 500 per MONTH...and no pay raises.
SpaceVegetable Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 2:47 PM
And if you have a chronic condition or get sick, the lame coverage you'll get for those high prices won't cover large percentages of it, so you'll be stuck paying out of pocket anyway.

NPR "Restaurant News" confirms exactly what I have been saying about Obamacare: Restaurants to Mitigate Health Care Costs by Cutting Hours.

“What we’re seeing is that this health care law puts unique challenges on chain restaurants,” said Rob Green, executive director of the National Council of Chain Restaurants. “The law will have cost implications on a lot of different business sectors, but restaurants and retail are in the bull’s eye.”

Specifically, two parts of the PPACA may...

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