■ Independent, nonpartisan experts project only a "small" or "minimal" impact on jobs, even before taking likely job gains in the health care and insurance industries into account.
■The House Republican leadership, in a report issued Jan. 6, badly misrepresents what the Congressional Budget Office has said about the law. In fact, CBO is among those saying the effect "will probably be small."
■The GOP also cites a study projecting a 1.6 million job loss but fails to mention that the study refers to a hypothetical employer mandate that is not part of the new law.
■The same study cited by the GOP also predicts an offsetting gain of 890,000 jobs in hospitals, doctors offices and insurance companies a factor not mentioned by the House leadership.
FactCheck.org : A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?
■The House Republican leadership, in a report issued Jan. 6, badly misrepresents what the Congressional Budget Office has said about the law. In fact, CBO is among those saying the effect "will probably be small."
■The GOP also cites a study projecting a 1.6 million job loss but fails to mention that the study refers to a hypothetical employer mandate that is not part of the new law.
■The same study cited by the GOP also predicts an offsetting gain of 890,000 jobs in hospitals, doctors offices and insurance companies a factor not mentioned by the House leadership.
FactCheck.org : A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?