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In reply to the discussion: Wendy’s Franchise Cuts Employee Hours To Part-Time To Avoid Obamacare [View all]Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Darden thought the same thing, let 'em quit, the economy sucks, people will come begging for these jobs, even at 28 hours a week and no benefits whatsoever.
Boy, were they ever wrong. They made a huge mistake, and it has cost them dearly.
Here's a good calculator put out by Kaiser for seeing who will pay what, based on family size and income level.
http://healthreform.kff.org/SubsidyCalculator.aspx
A single person aged 21 making 16K a year (139% of poverty level) will pay around $11 a week after the government subsidies for health insurance premiums.
That would be around less than half of what the employee contribution was to the previous employer-run plan under Darden, which I am familiar with.
I think they changed since then, so I'm not sure what their plan is now, but I'm going to guess and say it is more than an eleven bucks a week employee contribution.