The Republican National Committee posted a video of Hillary Clinton admitting that Obamacare creates adverse incentives. During an exchange between Clinton and a questioner, Clinton noted, “we have built in some unfortunate incentives that discourage full-time employment.”
Watch the video here:
The provision that creates the incentive for businesses to hire people part-time instead of full-time is the employer mandate, which requires employers with 50 or more full-time employees to offer health insurance to full-time employees (those working 30 or more hours per week). To avoid having to provide health insurance, some employers have cut employees’ hours so it is below that threshold.
In 2007, Clinton actually proposed the mandate apply to employers with just 25 or more full-time employees. Clinton is also a long-time proponent of Obamacare.


