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<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Papa John’s
Pizza CEO: We Are Raising Pizza Prices Due to the Cost of
ObamaCare<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/papa-johns-pizza-ceo-we-are-raising-pizza-prices-due-to-the-cost-of-obamacare/>by
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Prices are going up due to Obama
As most of us already knew, ObamaCare is going to add to the deficits,
cause Americans to lose their insurance plans and will cause employers to
end their employer-paid health care benefit plans and increase
unemployment. Not to mention that these added costs these companies endure
will be passed back onto consumers (taxpayers).
>From
>HuffPo<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/papa-johns-obamacare-pizza_n_1752126.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=080812&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief>
:
After President Obama's health care law takes full effect, the slogan for
national pizza chain Papa John's may need an update. Instead of, “Better
ingredients. Better Pizza,” may we suggest, “Better health care. Pricier
pizza."
Typical HuffPo spinning for the President. Rationed, more expensive health
care isn't "better health care." All one has to do is look to Canada and
the UK to see the results of "better health care" provided by the
government.
Papa John's CEO John Schnatter says thatObamacare will result in a $0.11 to
$0.14 price increase per
pizza<http://www.pizzamarketplace.com/article/198309/Papa-John-s-turns-in-strong-domestic-and-international-Q2>,
or $0.15 to $0.20 cents per order, Pizza Marketplace, a trade publication,
reports. (Hat tip: @dkberman via
Twitter<https://twitter.com/dkberman/status/232578298457227264>
.)
Under Obamacare, the company, which is the third-largest pizza takeout and
delivery chain in the United States, will have to offer health care
coverage to more of its16,500 total
employees<http://ir.papajohns.com/faq.cfm> or
pay a penalty to the government.
It's a tax, not a penalty. The Supreme Court said so. More spinning by
HuffPo.
The National Restaurant Association pointed out following the health care
law's Supreme Court approval that it may adversely affect restaurants’
ability to maintain already slim profit
margins<http://restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease/?ID=2293> because
it requires companies of more than 50 employees to provide affordable
health insurance.
One Papa John's franchise owner in Texas, Judy Nichols, says the law could
interfere with her ability to open more restaurants.
“I have two options, I can stop offering coverage and pay the $2,000 fine,
or I could keep my number of staff under 50 so the mandate doesn't apply,”
she told Legal Newsline. Nichols added that the law may cost her between
$20,000 to
$30,000<http://www.legalnewsline.com/spotlight/236868-papa-johns-franchise-owner-says-obamacare-may-force-job-cuts>extra
in taxes. “Obamacare is making me think about cutting jobs instead," she
said.
Continue
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2012 at 1:15 PM | Tags: health
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