This story is circulating the internet with the Administration's rather unconvincing rebutal included midway through.
By Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times:
Obamacare will push the equivalent of about 2 million workers out of the labor market by 2017 as employees decide either to work fewer hours or drop out altogether, according to the latest estimates Tuesday from the Congressional Budget Office.
That’s a major jump in the nonpartisan budget agency’s projections and it suggests the health care law’s incentives are driving businesses and people to choose government-sponsored benefits rather than work.
“CBO estimates that the ACA will reduce the total number of hours worked, on net, by about 1.5 to 2 percent during the period from 2017 to 2024, almost entirely because workers will choose to supply less labor — given the new taxes and other incentives they will face and the financial benefits some will receive,” CBO analysts wrote in their new economic outlook.
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Press secretary Jay Carney said that what CBO’s numbers actually show is the freedom that Obamacare will give to workers, who can now decide to retire rather than keep working.
“Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” Mr. Carney said in a statement. “This CBO report bears that out, and the Republican plan to repeal the ACA would strip those hard-working Americans of that opportunity.”
Full article Obamacare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO – Washington Times.
