Claim: A study says Massachusetts has lost 18,000 jobs because residents were required to obtain health insurance under an act signed into law by Mitt Romney.
Fact-check: Rick Perry says a study found that Massachusetts lost 18,000 jobs because of a mandate in its health care law
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Meghan Ashford-Grooms;Angie Drobnic Holan
Date published: 2011-12-19T00:00:00