Nancy Pelosi and the Center for American Progress think so. During the recent health care summit, House Speaker Pelosi 's argued in favor of health care reform since it could create up to 4 million jobs in the health care industry and the private sector. Her reasoning is based on a Center For American Progress study that establishes that the cost of providing health insurance is a deterrent to hiring for many employers (especially small businesses), thus if insurance costs were lowered, more empoyers would be able to afford to provide health benefits and hire more employees.

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