A proposed Republican "fix" to Obamacare would cut the amount of penalties collected from employers, reduce the number of people covered by workplace coverage by about 1 million and increase the national deficit by nearly $75 billion.
Those numbers are all contained in yet another report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in response to a request from the House Ways and Means Committee for an analysis of the proposed legislation.
The Save American Workers Act of 2013, or H.R. 2575, would redefine full-time employment under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from 30 hours per week to 40 hours per week.
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