To gauge the likely, actual impact of the law, the Urban Institute prepared a study on the economic impacts of Mitt Romneyâs Massachusetts health care reforms, which were the inspiration for âObamacare.â Its conclusion? âMassachusetts achieved its goal of near-universal health insurance coverage under its 2006 health reform initiative, with no indication of negative job consequences relative to other states.â The two laws arenât identical. But they share so much in common that researchers concluded, based on their findings in Massachusetts, that ânational health reform will not lead to job loss or stymied economic growth.â http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...-and-neither-will-obamacare-study.php?ref=fpb