Franchisee Charges Obamacare Surcharge, Blames Employees
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"John Metz, the owner of 40 Denny's franchise restaurants in Florida, plans to add a 5 percent surcharge to his customers' checks to pay for his legal responsibility to provide health care coverage to his employees per Obamacare. Obamacare requires that businesses with more than 50 workers must offer a health insurance plan or pay a penalty of $2,000 for each full-time worker over 30 workers. Metz told HuffingtonPost.com that the direct surcharge is "the only alternative. I've got to pass on the cost to the customer." "Obviously, I'd love to cover all our employees under that insurance, but to pay $5,000 per employee would cost us $175,000 per restaurant and unfortunately, most of our restaurants don't make $175,000 a year. I can't afford it."* Cenk Uygur breaks down Metz' plan to charge extra and potentially let employees take the consequences, and takes the story a level deeper; who is paying for healthcare if there is no Obamacare (and ergo no "forced" surcharge)? If the middle class workers can't afford healthcare, who ends up paying, and what's the price? *Read more from Michael Allen/ Opposing Views: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/2012-election/denny-s-owner-john-metz-charge-customers-5-obamacare-surcharge Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Support The Young Turks by Shopping http://bit.ly/XhuNqO Like Us on Facebook: Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/OkX87X Buy TYT Merch: http://theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com/
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All of you are misinformed, want to fix the economy make government officials take pay cuts, they get to travel for free, free medical, free merchandise; they refuse to raise minimum wage but increase the price of living. Money is controlled by you know who and we are forced to use oil, there has been alternative sources of fuel for years but they control the market and us to use crude oil, even though we have more efficient forms. There is no middle class I live in one of the richest counties in Indiana and there are hundreds losing homes they could afford years, something isn't adding up. Not to mention Obama care cost too much too carry.
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I can't stand these young Turk guys!
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We elected a president THAT NEVER HAD A PRIVATE SECTOR JOB IN HIS LIFE. And now that president is telling us how to run our private sector businesses. Disaster ensues. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FORCE SOCIALISM ON PEOPLE. If Socialism were a baseball team, it'd be 0-162 every year. Hey, liberals. SOCIALISM HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCSESSFUL,
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A very good point and well made, I personally feel it could be done if done right. There are things supposably in the current plan that are absolutely not going to happen, one is any permanent mark or digital tag. No implants no tattoos! The other thing I have a problem with is anyone getting a abortion on my dime. Take family planning out of Obama care and you have a lot more support. I would not want my money going to murder anyone, I won't pay for it and no one should be expected to.
My faith compels me to say we need to do more for those less fortunate especially children of all ages. They are the future if there is going to be a future.
I am not saying I could afford it. But as a veteran I have an exemption so I don't have to comply personally but my wife and children do. I would rather have health insurance but can't afford it so I go to a VA medical center for even basic healthcare. They are great though it just takes awhile. My wife's coverage has been in force for 3 years, she has not been cancelled so feel we're covered. Like I said point well made. -
To these restaurant owners who are imposing "surcharges" to cover increases that they say are due to the ACA; healthcare costs have consistently increased year after year, BEFORE the ACA, why no "surcharges" then?...........think about it.
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The best place to start fixing the U.S. health care system train wreck is to 1.) Fix the FDA and the best place in the best place is 2.) somehow, some way GET RID OF CLUELESS AMBIVALENT FDA CHIEF DR. MARGARET HAMBURG!!!!! Mindless rhetoric? Uh, Hardly! It's all substantiated! Here check it out! analyzetheanalysts dot weebly dot com/#FDAHamburg
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I´ll be more than glad to pay that extra 5% surcharge for healthcare!
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I don't like that choice, I love Denny's. Besides your comment is really ignorant.
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Im so glad im from a place that does healthcare in your taxes. And government takes care of you.
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The hourly rate of a server is $2.83 per hour. This underpayment is justified by the idea that a server's tips will bring their income up to minimum wage. Waiting tables is one of the only jobs that a non-college educated individual can earn a living, and it is ONLY because of the tips that they can do so. This franchise owner is the scum of the earth. Pught! That was me spitting in your general direction you greedy bastard.
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0:30 Customers have a 3rd choice. It's called, never ever eating out at this douchebag's restaurants ever again.
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the right certainly has a way to put a new spin on words that actually mean something else entirely. Like how "Socialism" is just another word for Communism for them, and how rich people are now "Job Creators" even though they are now firing people just to spite Obama.
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Its not tea party lingo anymore, the left has embraced the term aswell (as a positive thing, ofc).
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So, when faced with facts you just sit back on your rhetoric shaking your head. Brazil just took 30 million people out of poverty and into the middle class, mainly thru government programs.
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Whatever government does produces a real negative effect on the population.
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There is definitely some truth to that; I was exaggerating a bit when I said 'the rest of the world'. You could definitely do a lot worse than America, but you guys still have a long way to go. But with that being said, so does my home country of Australia.
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we don't want to we are making more in gdp per capitia than Britain or Canada and before you say it GDP takes into account government spending so their healthcare is counted
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The healthcare situation in the US, one of the richest countries in the world, is a shame . Obamacare seems to be the first step in the right direction.
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Some are so out of touch with the working class it amazes me.
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Is your real name Peter Griffin because you sure sound like Peter Griffin.