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Monday, February 18, 2013

Businesses begin bracing for Obamacare costs | Synopsis

Businesses begin bracing for Obamacare costs

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(CBS News) NEW YORK CITY - Most parts of Obamacare will work next year, however a great deal of small businesses are currently making strategies. At the Five Guys dining establishment in New York City, burgers and fries are the specialties, however owner John Rigos worries he'll have to formulate some cost savings when the affordable care act is fully executed. "It'll likely affect the number of people we can hire," Rigos stated. Rigos, who has 10 New York franchises and 250 workers, was waiting until after the election to confront the new health care legislation -- formally called the Affordable Care Act-- which will force him to provide insurance for all his full-time workers, or face substantial fines.

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John Rigos

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0"It'll likely affect the number of people we can hire," Rigos said. ...
0.0445384"It'll probably have to reduce the staff to some degree, and again, focus on building smaller stronger team rather than being as aggressive in opening up new stores and creating new jobs," Rigos said. ...
0.16516Rigos said he's not opposed to everyone having health care, adding: "I absolutely support it. I want to be clear about that, it's a big deal. It's still very challenging. There's 25,000 restaurants within the New York City market we're competing against, so it's not like we have surplus profits that we could just earmark a portion of them to go toward these types of initiatives."
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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel

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0.104843"Near term we're going to see some blip in some costs. But I think actually when we rearrange costs and make it more efficient, we're actually going to see costs moderate," Emanuel said. ...
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Obamacare

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City: New York City

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