Rep. Boehner Falsely Claims Health Care Reform Is "An Out-And-Out Job Killer"
On March 3, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement in which he called health care reform "an out-and-out job killer." In reality, reduced health care costs resulting from the legislation's passage would create up to 4 million jobs over the next ten years.
Rep. Boehner Claims Health Care Reform "Is Destroying Jobs"
Boehner Statement:
At a time when the American people are asking 'where are the jobs?,' the President's government takeover of health care is an out-and-out job killer. [GOPLeader.gov, 3/3/10]
Health Care Reform Will Create Up To 4 Million American Jobs In The Next Decade
Health Care Reform Will Create Up To 4 Million American Jobs In The Next Decade. According to the Center for American Progress, "Relative to baseline employment forecasts from the Employment Projections Program at the U.S. Department of Labor, we estimate that moderate medical savings from health care modernization as envisioned under the legislation now before Congress would lead to an average of 250,000 additional jobs created annually. Under the larger assumption about savings due to health care reform, 400,000 new jobs a year would be created on average." [Center for American Progress, New Jobs Through Better Health Care, January 2010]
Health Care Reform Would Create Over 7,400 Jobs In Rep. Boehner's State Of Ohio. According to the Center for American Progress, "the reduction in health insurance premiums caused by health care reform would create" but to 7,423 jobs in Rep. John Boehner's state of Ohio.
[Center for American Progress, 2/24/10]
