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

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about health care reform on March 2, 2010, at the Capitol. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about health care reform on March 2, 2010, at the Capitol.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about health care reform on March 2, 2010, at the Capitol.

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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