trenton politicians are considering a plan to hike drug costs for working new jersey families, but not for themselves.
Reject A-4953
and S-3842!
Assembly Bill 4953 and Senate Bill 3842 are fundamentally misguided proposals that would increase prescription drug costs and hike health care costs for New Jersey families, employers and unions.
How do we know it would increase costs for those impacted? One reason is because Trenton politicians put provisions into the bill to carve-out the health insurance plan they receive from the state — exempting themselves from a policy that would hike drug costs and health care costs for everyone else in New Jersey.
Assembly Bill 4953 and Senate Bill 3842 would ban pay-for-performance incentives in the private health care marketplace that employers and unions rely on to lower prescription drug costs for the working people who depend on them for health insurance coverage. Higher prescription drug costs for New Jersey employers and unions will result in higher out-of-pocket costs for New Jersey patients.
What Assembly Bill 4953 and
senate bill 3842 Would Do:
By exempting themselves from the impact of the plan, Trenton politicians are essentially confirming the proposal would increase costs. Don’t let Trenton impose higher prescription drug costs and out-of-pocket health care costs on hardworking New Jerseyans who rely on an employer or union for their health coverage, while shielding themselves from the impact of this fundamentally flawed policy.
The cost of living in New Jersey is already too high. Hardworking New Jersey families cannot afford Trenton’s plan to hike prescription drug costs and health care costs for them — but not for Trenton politicians themselves.