I guess the clunky Republican repeal bill title, “To Repeal the Job Killing Health Care Law,” was right after all. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office admitted in Congressional testimony today that Obamacare will cost us 800,000 jobs. From the story:
Chairman [Paul] Ryan: “[I]t’s been argued...that the new health care law will create jobs and increase labor force participation. But if I recall from your analysis, it was quite the opposite. Is that not the case?”
Director [Douglas] Elmendorf : “Yes.”...
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Rep. [John] Campbell: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, we’ll — and Dr. Elmendorf — and we’ll continue this conversation right now. First on health care, before I get to — before I get to broader issues, you just mentioned that you believe — or that in your estimate, that the health care law would reduce the labor used in the economy by about 1/2 of 1 percent, given that, I believe you say, there’s 160 million full-time people working in ‘20-‘21. That means that, in your estimation, the health care law would reduce employment by 800,000 in ‘20-‘21. Is that correct?
Director Elmendorf: Yes. The way I would put it is that we do estimate, as you said, that...employment will be about 160 million by the end of the decade. Half a percent of that is 800,000.
Going, going...Repeal. Replace. Defund.
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