Obamacare: Now Appearing On Your Restaurant Bill

Zero Hedge ^ | 02/27/2014 | Tyler Durden

[SeekAndFind]

That the bulk of Americans (especially those 4+ million whose insurance policies have recently been cancelled as a result of the ACA) have to pay more for healthcare as a result of Obamacare, is now largely accepted and well-known. But did you know that the cost of Obamacare is slowly metastasizing to other places? Such as your restaurant bill.

Presenting Exhibit A.

From CNN:

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.

 

[lostboy61]

Any place that dose this will be one I don’t eat at.

[Rusty0604]

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[DJ MacWoW]

Thanks! :-)

[bboop]

Fold it into your overall costs?

[Go Gordon]

If this Obamacare cost is eating into a restaurant’s profits, I can’t see many options they have.

Aside from the owners, how many people on a restaurant payroll do you think actuall receive medical benefits?

[Now, I understand this was a chain restaurant, and therefore, the aggregate number of employees chain-wide may exceed 50 and the ACA will require all FT employees to be covered]

[Logical me]

Any place that dose this will be one I don’t eat at.

I looked at this a different way. The restaurant is letting you know why the plate you ordered is costing you more. It is letting you know that his employees insurance has gone up due to Obamacare.

[Logical me]

Any place that dose this will be one I don’t eat at.

I looked at this a different way. The restaurant is letting you know why the plate you ordered is costing you more. It is letting you know that his employees insurance has gone up due to Obamacare.