PoliticsNation   |  December 06, 2012

Restaurateurs eating their words on Obamacare

Darden Restaurants, which owns chains such as Olive Garden and Red Lobster said they would cut some full-time workers’ hours so they wouldn’t have to give them health insurance. The public responded and now the chain is changing its tune. Rev. Al Sharpton explains.

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>>> we've told you how papa john 's ceo is eating his words after criticizing the health care law . but he's not the only one. darden's restaurant which owns olive garden and red lobster and other chains says it will cut full-time hours so they wouldn't have to give them what was health insurance . they want service treated right and darden's anti- health care crab fest hurt the bottom line. the company's ceo lowered expectation next year based, in part, on the recent media coverage that focused on darden and how we might accommodate health care reform . fallen revenues linked to the rhetoric. it now says no current workers will lose full-time status and in 2014 , hourly employees will be able to get the same insurance as executives. the tide is turning on the health care law . 49% of the country want to keep or expand the law while only 33% support repeal. that's the lowest support for repeal since the law was passed in march of 2010 . did red lobster think that they could deny that this is the claw of the land? nice try, but we've