FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 19, 2010
CONTACT:
Rebecca Alper
NJPIRG Program Associate
Office: 609-394-8155 x313
Mobile: 617-840-5999
As Passage of Health Bill Nears, New Estimates of State by State Job Gains From Lower Premiums
Trenton – As Congress and the White House are locked in the final negotiations over the health care reform bill, a new analysis from the consumer group New Jersey Public Interest Research Group finds that the legislation will mean 8,400-13,400 more jobs in New Jersey. With job losses now the central economic issue confronting America, the analysis shows that the health care cost savings the bill will achieve will help businesses add new employees.
“For years, rising costs have made hiring new employees more expensive than it should be-choking employment growth.” said Rebecca Alper, NJPIRG Program Associate, “By holding down health care costs, health reform will mean a brighter future for job creation in the Northeast and across the country.”
NJPIRG’s projections are based on a January report from the Center for American Progress which found that reform could add between 250,000 and 400,000 jobs nationwide every year.[1] NJPIRG’s analysis broke down those gains state by state, based on each state’s share of private national health expenditures.
“We’ve got to put our country back to work,” said Alper, “And New Jersey’s Congressional representatives need to know that a vote for health reform is a vote for jobs.”
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NJPIRG is a non-profit, non-partisan consumer and public interest advocacy organization. For more information visit www. NJPIRG.org.
