The Real Scoop on Papa John's and Obamacare

[Crabtownboy]

Seems the media was a bit less than honest in its reporting what what the owner of Papa John's really said.

I will not have to boycott Papa John's after all.

Please note the article was written by John Schnatter, the owner of Papa John's.

Many in the media reported that I said Papa John's is going to close stores and cut jobs because of Obamacare. I never said that. The fact is we are going to open over hundreds of stores this year and next and increase employment by over 5,000 jobs worldwide. And, we have no plans to cut team hours as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

During that same interview, talking about Obamacare I said, though it wasn't widely reported:

"The good news is 100% of the population (full-time workers) is going to get health insurance. I'm cool with that."
"We're all going to pay for it. There's nothing for free."
"And this way I get to provide health insurance and I'm not at a competitive disadvantage ... our competitors are going to have to do the same thing."

Regardless of the conclusion of our analysis, we will honor this law, as we do all laws, and continue to offer 100% of Papa John's corporate employees and workers in company-owned stores health insurance as we have since the company was founded in 1984.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-h-schnatter/papa-johns-obamacare_b_2166209.html

 

[Mexdeaf]

This is why I trust the media- all of it- less and less. There is no journalistic integrity any more.

 

[pinoybaptist]

Mainstream media sucks !

 

[annsni]

What I noticed people in a "huff" over was that they would raise the prices of their pizza 12 cents when the CEO has a bazillion dollar home and compound. They feel HE should pay that 12 cents a pizza rather than pass on the cost to the consumer. After all, he has plenty of money!