Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Employee Working Hours Following the enactment of the ACA, most businesses have decided to cut back employee working hours by accommodating some workers on a part-time basis to avoid providing the employees with health insurance. Such companies have evaluated the cost of insuring full-time employees and realized that it would not make business sense to spend more on employee insurance and pay employee compensations at the same time (Goodrich and Conway 165). Additionally, Obamacare allows states to expand their Medicaid services, which makes it possible for several people in various expansion states to have health coverage without being employed. Before the ACA's enactment, low-income individuals who were not eligible for Medicaid had to work for more hours to secure health insurance (Goodrich and Conway 167). However, other people on the Medicaid program may still work for more hours, under Obamacare, to have a higher income eligibility threshold that will enable them to remain on the program with more wages. Also, under the ACA, individuals in non-expansion states whose incomes are below the poverty line have to work for more hours to become eligible for subsidized health coverage (Kantarjian 36). In overall, the ACA is sophisticated, with several provisions that create significant changes to the labor markets, health insurance, and the national economy. It will, therefore, take some time for a more accurate picture of its impacts to be seen. However, it is already evident that the ACA has lowered employees' working hours, as well as their compensation due to the employers' new practice of avoiding full-time employment. Works Cited Goodrich, Kate, and Patrick H. Conway. "Affordable Care Act Implementation: Implications for Hospital Medicine." Journal of Hospital Medicine 8.3 (2013): 159-168. Web. Kantarjian, Hagop M. "The Affordable Care Act, Or Obamacare, 3 Years Later: A Reality Check." Cancer 123.1 (2016): 25-38. Web.