Fiorina appears to be citing Small Business Administration statistics on the number of small business "deaths" in 2011. This was at least four years before ObamaCare's mandate on employers took effect. ObamaCare does not apply to small businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees. The SBA defines small businesses as those with fewer than 500 workers. Certainly, some small businesses subject to health reform are straining to adhere to the rules. The National Federation of Independent Businesses is a strong critic of ObamaCare, saying the mandate is hurting their members and not lowering their cost of providing health insurance.
But there's no indication that ObamaCare is costing jobs. Few employers subject to the mandate report changing their staffing or hiring because of ObamaCare, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Education Trust survey.
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The above quotations are from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2015 (Bob Schieffer interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races). Click here for other excerpts from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2015 (Bob Schieffer interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races). Click here for other excerpts by Carly Fiorina. Click here for a profile of Carly Fiorina.
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