On Tuesday, the agency released a more detailed estimate that includes how ordinary Americans would react to those changes by employers. Some would choose to keep Medicaid rather than take a job at reduced wages. Others, who typically do not work full-time, would delay returning to work in order to keep subsidies for private insurance that are provided under the law....
The reduction in employment from the health care law “includes some people
choosing not to work at all and other people choosing to work fewer hours than they would have in the absence of the law,” the CBO said...
White House officials added that the CBO report also
rebuts a key claim of Republicans — that the law has already had a significant impact on employment, including increasing the number of part-time workers.
CBO: Health-care law will lead to 2 million fewer workers - The Washington Post