Obamacare Costs Nearly 500 Jobs
CLAIM: “So this bill is not only about the health security of America. It’s about jobs. In its life it will create 4 million jobs — 400,000 jobs almost immediately.”
— Speaker Pelosi at the White House health summit
FACT: According to an article in today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Piedmont HealthCare is eliminating nearly 500 jobs — 5 percent of its workforce — due in part to “anticipated cuts to Medicare reimbursements and the Medicaid expansion in 2014,” both provisions taking effect thanks to Obamacare.