Bob Wise: “health care and pizza came together last week when the chairman of Godfather's Pizza claimed the Clinton health care…”

“health care and pizza came together last week when the chairman of Godfather's Pizza claimed the Clinton health care package would increase health care costs to him four times. Let us look at a piece of his pizza. First of all, out of a $28 million payroll, an estimated sales of $250 million, a $10 pizza at Godfather's, the cost impact might be as high as 10 rac{1}{2} cents, about 1 percent. Now let us look at the extra toppings for Godfather's: a 7.9 percent premium percentage of payroll, a great deal; workers compensation costs that are handled as an offset; the stopping of shifting of premiums that we all pay on our private insurance, reducing the tax bite all of us pay because of uninsured Godfather employees; and finally, insuring all of Godfather's employees, or most of them, at least. So look again, Godfather's, and I challenge you to help us deliver this health care pizza quickly, on time, delivered to all, and delivered with no balogna as a topping.”