National Association of Manufacturers president Jay Timmon, in his annual State of Manufacturing address today in Houston, Texas:

The health care law isnโ€™t supposed to affect manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, but I know one who was affected. Staub Manufacturing Solutions in Dayton, Ohio, which only has 22 employees, saw a 21 percent increase in health care costs last year, and itโ€™s projecting a 91 percent increase this year.
The companyโ€™s president made this very obvious statement: โ€œThe Affordable Care Act is far from affordable.โ€
If we donโ€™t do something to fix the law, more than 60 million fewer American workers will have employer-sponsored coverage in 10 years. That will be the new reality for our workforce.

(UPDATE: NAM issued a correction Wednesday morning, suggesting a much lower figure of 6 to 7 million. See below.)

Assume for a moment that Timmon is overstating the impact and overestimating how many companies will choose to pay the fine and leave their employees to shop for insurance on the exchanges; letโ€™s even say that heโ€™s doubling the number of Americans who will lose their employer-sponsored insurance. That would still be an additional 30 million people losing their insurance โ€” and in quite a few of those cases, those Americans probably like their plans and donโ€™t want to change.

He continues:

The law, as implemented, will hurt manufacturers and their employees. Take, for instance, what you are facing in additional fees and costs over the next three years: $22.2 billion. That figure is simply added cost โ€” it wonโ€™t get that mom on your assembly line one more pediatrician visit or one more prescription filled for your shop floor managerโ€™s family.

The White House, of course, continues to insist that businesses arenโ€™t suffering under the law:

UPDATE: This morning, NAM issues an epic correction:

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Senior Vice President of Communications Erin Streeter issued the following statement:
โ€œEarlier today, the NAM stated the number of employees with employer-sponsored coverage who would lose plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act. That number should have been between 6 million and 7 million total between the years 2016 and 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office.โ€