GOP Leader Alert Wrongly States Health Care Reform Will Kill Jobs
In a "GOP Leader Alert" sent on March 9, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner's office repeated the false claim that the Democratic health care reform legislation would kill jobs. In reality, the plan would create up to 4 million American jobs over the next ten years.
Rep. Boehner's Office Sticks To False "Job-Killing" Claim
GOP Leader Alert:
[GOP Leader Alert, 3/9/10]
Health Care Reform Will Create 4 Million Jobs Over 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]
