claim: "the (health reform) legislation which washington passed last year has made it more difficult to hire" because it’s increased costs for employers.
author: rob portman
evidence_1: the affordable care act has produced a significant impact on the expenses of ...  at the end of last year, the robert wood johnson foundation released a report ...  is also rising significantly in a number of states including washington, south ....  the overall cost of the program is going up because it's covering many more ...
evidence_2: the affordable care act of 2010 (aca) will place many demands on health ... as  the health care system has grown over the past 40 years, the education and roles  .... had hindered competition and made it more difficult and costly for consumers  in ..... its percentage of staff (as opposed to contract) nurses has increased from ...
evidence_3: jan 9, 2019 ... premiums would have increased by an estimated 4 to 7 percent if all those who  ..... our uninsured rate did go down significantly because of the aca, and we're  ..... attempts to dismantle the healthcare law failed to pass last year, which ...... of  republicans saying it's more difficult to afford prescription drugs, ...
evidence_4: 2018-2019 expedited mandate ... to have exemptions processed by ... insurance  reform enacted laws ... to make health insurance more ... the cost of providing  coverage to ... the state wanted to focus on its smallest businesses because ...
evidence_5: aug 11, 2016 ... we'll have to lobby hard, but when our contract is funded, here's what we ... no  out-of-pocket cost increases for our health insurance, plus an increase in .... last  year, the massachusetts home care workers also united with the ... as  washington state begins its 2015 legislative session, we'll be in olympia ...