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Round Two, Jobs Idea #9 New Jobs from the Affordable Care Act

Author(s): 

Joanne Spetz, Bianca K. Frogner, Laurel Lucia, Ken Jacobs

Date: 
October 19, 2012

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act will stimulate demand for workers in health care services, an industry in which job growth is already strong. Preparing future entry-level employees to join the field, however, calls for establishing sectoral training strategies that align workers’ skills with local employers’ needs.