In a hearing on the budget and health care last week, Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, voiced a sentiment that should resonate with a broad swath of the American population. He told Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius that Americans, and small businesses in particular, have “no idea what to do” when it comes to health reform.

“I just see a huge train wreck coming down,” Baucus said. “You and I have discussed this many times, and I don’t see any results yet.”

For both consumers and business owners, in the months leading up to the implementation of several key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, confusion and misinformation reign.

Some big-name companies have gained attention over the past year by cutting workers’ hours as a response to Obamacare. Starting in 2014, under the legislation, employers with 50 or more full-time employees could face penalties if they don’t make affordable coverage available to full-time workers,

Burger King's (BKW) first quarter was a mixed one on the headline numbers, but factoring in its business restructuring and its sales-day counts helped put the results in a better light.

The Miami-based hamburger seller said Friday that it earned $35.8 million, or 10 cents a share, in the first quarter, up from $14.3 million and 4 cents a share last year. Adjusted earnings were 17 cents a share, as analysts expected. Operating expenses were down sharply, by $260.5 million, as fewer restaurants were company owned, which boosted profitability.

Revenue, at $327.7 million, fell 42.5% from last year, though that's a direct result of the company selling some of the stores it owned to franchisees through a program that's still ongoing. The top line exceeded estimates of about $305 million, according to FactSet. (The full results for the quarter can be found here.)

Burger King's same-store sales, the measure that compares sales at stores open for around a year, fell 1.4%. This was partly