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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Just to make it clear about the so-called 2 million jobs being lost, the Affordable Health Care Act has apparently freed…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2014
Just to make it clear about the so-called 2 million jobs being lost, the Affordable Health Care Act has apparently freed 2 million who wanted to retire, wanted to leave the workforce, or perhaps get part-time work or to start their own businesses.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton explains how the ACA allows people to leave jobs for retirement or entrepreneurship.

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