Health care law winds up discouraging work, upward mobility

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Author(s) The Oklahoman editorial board
Source The Oklahoman
Date October 16, 2014
URL http://newsok.com/health-care-law-winds-up-discouraging-work-upward-mobility/article/5356773
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In response to Obamacare’s incentives, [economist Casey] Mulligan estimates about 3.6 percentage points more of the workforce will reduce their work hours to between 26 and 29 hours per week than what would occur if Obamacare wasn’t the law. This group will be disproportionately female because women represent a greater percentage of those currently working 30 to 35 hours.


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This item argues for the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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