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Top of mind: Health care headachesTop of mind: Health care headaches

PPACA concerns mount as industry struggles to plan for compliance with looming regulations

Erin Dostal, Associate Editor

September 12, 2012

3 Min Read
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The following story is part of “Top of Mind,” a special report covering today’s largest concerns among the restaurant operator community. This report was created in anticipation of MUFSO, taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 2, where hundreds of operators gather to share ideas and best practices. Find MUFSO coverage at NRN at the Show.


Members of the foodservice industry have long acknowledged the need for more reasonably priced health insurance, but many insist the government’s looming Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cause widespread damage to restaurant businesses.


The PPACA, which was signed into law in 2010 and largely takes effect in 2014, places an unwieldy financial burden on individual employers, critics maintain.


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Erin Dostal

Associate Editor, Nation's Restaurant News

Phone: 212-204-4387
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Erin Dostal covers the Southeast U.S. at Nation’s Restaurant News. She previously worked at Direct Marketing News where she covered trends in database marketing and e-commerce. Prior to moving to New York in 2011, she was a reporter at Las Vegas Sun and a launching editor of VEGAS INC, a business magazine covering the largest industries in Southern Nevada: tourism, gaming, entertainment, real estate and—of course—restaurants. She holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University.

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