Heads of major food franchises are backing off on threats to protest the Affordable Care Act with retaliatory business actions. Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter wrote in The Huffington Post [1] Tuesday that Obamacare will not force franchise owners to cut back on employee hours, backtracking on comments he made at a Florida college during the presidential election. And John Metz, owner of over 30 Denny’s restaurants, released a statement saying he will not implement a 5 percent Obamacare surcharge. John Nichols appeared on The Ed Show to talk about the implications of corporate bluffing on Obamacare, saying, ” The Affordable Care Act has been tested legislatively, judiciously, and now politically. It has passed the test.”
—Steven Hsieh