Claim: The health care law will impose “higher taxes” and result in “lost jobs.”
Ad(s): Forward
Sponsor(s): NRCC
State(s): IA
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FactCheck.org Summary: The health care law will have little effect on employment, as we have reported before. The CBO estimates that the labor supply will be reduced by 650,000, but mostly because Americans eligible for government health-care subsidies will be better off financially and can afford to cut back on the number of hours they work or retire altogether.