An increasing number of companies say that paying the government’s penalty to break with Obamacare will be cheaper than following it, The Wall Street Journal reports
per amp_ad_1 ampforwp-incontent-custom-banner ampforwp-incontent-ad1">Obamacare requires businesses with 50 or more full-timers to provide healthcare coverage for employees. For businesses that don’t, there is a $2,000 penalty for each full-time worker above  30 employees. Full-time workers are are those that work more than 30 hours a week.
Rick Levi, owner of
Consolidated Management that runs cafeterias at schools, offices and jails in 10 states, says he employs 102 workers and and will pay more than $500,000 per year if every employee takes the insurance plan. The penalty will cost him much less, around $144,000.Read more at the Huffington Post.