Go to Content Go to Navigation Go to Navigation Go to Site Search Homepage

PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND OF NEW JERSEY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

December 12, 2017

Contact: Casey Olesko 201.647.5502 / [email protected]

 

Congressional Tax Overhaul Bill a Threat to Health Care Access

TRENTON, NJ — Americans have made clear over and over they don’t want to see attacks on their health care. Yet, the tax plan moving through Congress will take away health insurance from 13 million people and increase premiums by ten percent. That’s why it’s so important Americans call their members of Congress this week to tell them they oppose this tax plan which will take health care away from millions.

The federal tax legislation includes a measure undoing a critical provision of the Affordable Care Act, a move that could result in 13 million people across the country losing access to health care coverage. Thanks to the ACA, nearly 10 million women in the United States gained health care coverage and the number of uninsured women was cut nearly by half. The tax reform legislation currently being considered by Congress threatens to reverse that progress. In addition, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that premiums for plans in the individual market would increase by 10 percent without the individual mandate.

Here in New Jersey, the Center for American Progress estimates that more than 325,000 individuals are at risk for losing health insurance coverage as a result of this tax bill. Estimates at the Congressional-district level can be accessed here.

Attacks on health coverage have no place in any legislation. This legislation is bad medicine, bad policy, and not what Americans want. Ultimately, women and their families will be hurt the most.

Statement from Dawn Laguens, Executive Vice President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in response to Senate vote on tax bill on December 2:

“GOP leaders are so hell-bent on undermining the health care of millions, they are sneaking it into a tax bill. Attacks on health coverage have no place in any legislation, especially not in a tax bill.

“This is bad medicine, bad policy, and not what Americans want. Ultimately, women and their families will be hurt the most.

“After hundreds of thousands of people made calls, visited offices, and shared their stories, it is unconscionable that Senate leaders are still trying to take away insurance coverage from millions of people.

“People across America have been clear: They oppose the congressional and Trump administration attacks on their access to affordable health care. By repealing this critical portion of the Affordable Care Act, millions of people’s premiums will rise.

“People across America need to continue to call their members of Congress and tell them Americans won’t stand for taking away access to care and increasing premiums.”

Español

This website uses cookies

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors use cookies and other tools to collect, store, monitor, and analyze information about your interaction with our site to improve performance, analyze your use of our sites and assist in our marketing efforts. You may opt out of the use of these cookies and other tools at any time by visiting Cookie Settings. By clicking “Allow All Cookies” you consent to our collection and use of such data, and our Terms of Use. For more information, see our Privacy Notice.

Cookie Settings

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors, use cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies to collect, store, monitor, and process certain information about you when you access and use our services, read our emails, or otherwise engage with us. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device. We use that information to make the site work, analyze performance and traffic on our website, to provide a more personalized web experience, and assist in our marketing efforts. We also share information with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners. You can change your default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our Necessary Cookies as they are deployed to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information, please see our Privacy Notice.

Marketing

On

We use online advertising to promote our mission and help constituents find our services. Marketing pixels help us measure the success of our campaigns.

Performance

On

We use qualitative data, including session replay, to learn about your user experience and improve our products and services.

Analytics

On

We use web analytics to help us understand user engagement with our website, trends, and overall reach of our products.