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Democrats’ health care bill: Job killer or job creator?

By Catharine Richert
March 8, 2010

There’s a stark partisan split on whether health care reform will create jobs or eliminate them. We sorted through the evidence to rate a statement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

“It’s about jobs,” she said. “In its life [health care reform] will create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately.” Read our complete analysis to find out why we rated this Half True.

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