“Ruffer initially thought he would escape the law because he created each restaurant as its own company. But the law doesn’t recognize that distinction...”
How does it not “recognize that distinction”? If you have SEPARATE COMPANIES how can it hold those as legally one?
What if a small businessman owns several completely unrelated companies? Are they all lumped into one?
I think you can see where creating multiple small companies to evade regulation as a larger company could be problematic for regulators.
For purposes of Obamacare, yes.