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Politicians in California and Washington D.C. are busy trying to figure out the future of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Should it be fully repealed? What will the replacement be? Should there be a replacement at all? While the potential replacement is still a mystery, two researchers at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education took a look at the potential impact of full repeal on the San Joaquin valley’s job market. They claim job losses from a repeal of the law would be worse than job losses caused by the drought. Valley Public Radio’s Jeffrey Hess spoke with report co-author Laurel Lucia about how she reached that conclusion. What exactly is your study about? Jobs and the Affordable Care Act were both big issues in the election. Our research shows how interconnected they are. We estimate that the San Joaquin Valley would lose 24,000 jobs if the ACA is repealed and not replaced. That’s more jobs than were lost in the entire state in 2015 due to the
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