<P> CBO estimated in December 2015 that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known colloquially as "Obamacare") would reduce the labor supply by approximately 2 million full - time worker equivalents (measured as a combination of persons and hours worked) by 2025, relative to a baseline without the law . This is driven by the law's health insurance coverage expansions (e.g., subsidies and Medicaid expansion) plus taxes and penalties . With access to individual marketplaces, fewer persons are dependent on health insurance offered by employers . </P> <P> The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on October 24, 2017 its projections of job growth by industry and job type over the 2016--2026 period . Healthcare was the industry expected to add the most jobs, driven by demand from an aging population . The top three occupations were: personal care aides with 754,000 jobs added or a 37% increase; home health aids with 425,600 or 47%; and software developers at 253,400 or 30.5% . </P> <P> BLS also reported that: "About 9 out of 10 new jobs are projected to be added in the service - providing sector from 2016 to 2026, resulting in more than 10.5 million new jobs, or 0.8 percent annual growth . The goods - producing sector is expected to increase by 219,000 jobs, growing at a rate of 0.1 percent per year over the projections decade ." BLS predicted that manufacturing jobs would decline by over 700,000 over that period . </P> <P> U.S. employment statistics are reported by government and private primary sources monthly, which are widely quoted in the news media . These sources use a variety of sampling techniques that yield different measures . </P>

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