Democrats' health care bill: Job killer or job creator?
By Catharine Richert
Published on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 6:49 p.m.
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The health care bill will "create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately."
Nancy Pelosi, Thursday, February 25th, 2010.
Ruling: Half-True | Details
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about health care reform on March 2, 2010, at the Capitol.
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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Names in this article: Nancy Pelosi
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