The Briefing Room
General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: flowers on February 27, 2014, 07:22:00 pm
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-27/obamacare-now-appearing-your-restaurant-bill
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
(http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2014/02/ACA%20Surcharge.jpg)
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That might be a very effective way to get the average non-involved citizen to understand how much Obamacare is hurting our economy.
And their pocketbooks.
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That might be a very effective way to get the average non-involved citizen to understand how much Obamacare is hurting our economy.
And their pocketbooks.
Is the msm telling the public to be upset about this?
The public, as a collective body, seems to be directed by the msm.
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That might be a very effective way to get the average non-involved citizen to understand how much Obamacare is hurting our economy.
And their pocketbooks.
It's a good way to try and get the public's attention because it's a concrete instance, not some abstract set of philosophies or policies; however, it is a little rhetorical because those costs would have ended up in the prices charged by the restaurants anyways. Nonetheless, I wish a lot more businesses would start doing the same thing. In fact, even retailers could probably add an ACA surcharge to what they charge for the goods they sell.