Talk politics.

Are you saying that as labor supply diminishes, so will demand? Because that's the only way it "costs jobs." If the demand remains stable, those extra hours will be filled by someone else. Also, why is the result considered adverse when it gives people more options? If someone is putting off retirement or raising their kids because they need their employer's health care package, then their hours are being artificially propped up by their employer-sponsored health care. So the decoupling of health care from employment would have the same result. This portability feature is always present in any GOP-sponsored health care alternative.