An extra charge for government mandated health insurance . . .
"Healthy San Francisco" is a tax levied on employers to cover the cost of health care for the uninsured.
Sound familiar?
Employers with more than 20 employees are required to pay anywhere from $1.17 to $1.76 per hour toward the cost of health insurance. This should come as no surprise, but some employers are cutting back on hiring or laying off employees while others are passing on the cost to their customers.
The restaurants' excuse for assessing this charge separately is to let customers know how much they're paying for employees' health coverage.
Hotels charge visible add-on fees as do airlines. Why is this different?
Good question.
Apparently some folks, like the author of the article referenced above, takes exception to adding on a visible "healthy tax".
I see this as more of a visible protest by restaurant owners to government intrusion in the business environment.
Good for them.
Change you can believe in. Yes you can.
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