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As a small business owner suffering with double digit health insurance premium increases for my employees, I contacted Senator Menendez to seek his support of the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act (S.1955) which would have allowed small business to form groups to purchase insurance at the discounted rates that large corporations enjoy. I was not surprised when the Senator voted with the rest of his party to prevent the bill from becoming law, even though it had majority support. However I was appalled when I received a letter from the Senator espousing the benefits of the bill as if he supported it. In his letter he said, “As you may know there are an estimated 1.2 million New Jerseyans – and 46 million Americans – who are uninsured and those numbers continue to rise. Most people in the Untied States who have health insurance obtain it through their own and a family member’s employer as a workplace benefit. Unfortunately, small business owners are far less likely to provide health insurance to their workers, and almost half of the uninsured in Well, I do know that. What I don’t understand is why since the Senator apparently also knows it too, why he would vote against the bill. Why would he vote against it and then try to lead me to believe that he supported it? I was disappointed that the Senator did not support me and thousands or other Art Gallagher Attached is a pdf copy of the Senator’s letter. Art Gallagher is a Vice President and Board Member of the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce and a candidate for council in the Borough of Highlands  |
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