Claim: The Perry campaign has been pushing a questionable claim that the Massachusetts health care law, signed by then-Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006, "killed 18,000 jobs." But that number was churned out by an economic model used by a conservative think tank, and it's unknown whether the figure is accurate. At last week's Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said: "If Romneycare cost Massachusetts 18,000 jobs, just think what it would do to this country."
Fact-check: Romney's Health Care Law Killed Jobs? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the perry campaign has been pushing a questionable claim that the massachusetts health care law, signed by then-gov. mitt romney in 2006, "killed 18,000 jobs." but that number was churned out by an economic model used by a conservative think tank, and it's unknown whether the figure is accurate. at last week's conservative political action conference in orlando, texas gov. rick perry said: "if romneycare cost massachusetts 18,000 jobs, just think what it would do to this country."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2011-09-27T16:25:59