Sen. Cornyn Falsely Stated Health Care Reform Would Kill Jobs
On January 12, 2010, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) falsely claimed health care bills in front of congress would kill jobs. In reality, provisions contained within the bills could create up to 400,000 American jobs within the next decade.
Sen. Cornyn Launches False Attack Against Health Care Reform
Sen. John Cornyn:
Congress should have kept its focus on jobs the entire year but instead wasted most of its time with a job-killing approach to health care reform. [Politico, 1/12/10]
Health Care Reform Could Create Up To 400,000 Jobs In The Next Ten Years
Health Care Reform Could Create Up To 400,000 Jobs Within The Next 10 Years. According to the Center for American Progress:
Clearly, health care reform that reduces premium growth is economic policy as well as health policy. The reform goals of a healthier America are well understood. In this paper, however, we demonstrate a less emphasized point about the health care reform legislation currently before Congress-if successful, its provisions can lower the costs of business and increase both the number of jobs by 250,000 to 400,000 annually over the next decade and increase wage growth.
Health care reform that includes even more robust measures to contain health care costs could further enhance job creation. In an economy that has lost 5 million jobs in the past year and where wages have stagnated for many years, this is a strong reason to pass health care reform that contains growth in health care costs and modernizes the U.S. health care system. [Center for American Progress, New Jobs Through Better Health Care, January 2010; emphasis added]
