Illinois Healthcare Expert and Small Business Owners Available to Give Small Business Perspective on Affordable Care Act Repeal
Geraldine Aglipay, Midwest Outreach Manager of Small Business Majority, is available to speak to media about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how it has helped small business owners. Illinois small business owners are also available to share their personal ACA successes stories.
Who: Small business and economic expert Geraldine Aglipay, Midwest Outreach Manager of Small Business Majority, is available to speak to media about the ways in which small employers have benefited from the Affordable Care Act.
“Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more Illinois small business owners are able to offer quality, affordable healthcare to their employees than ever before,” Aglipay said. “Before the ACA, small business owners on average paid 18 percent more than their big business counterparts. Since 2010, however, the increase in small business healthcare costs has been at the lowest level in years. What’s more, 28 percent the 22 million self-employed Americans were uninsured before the ACA—many because of pre-existing conditions. Now those entrepreneurs can obtain quality, affordable health coverage. It’s clear that those who want to repeal the ACA are prioritizing their own political ambitions over the best interests of our nation’s small business owners.”
When: Geraldine Aglipay is available for interviews this week and next. Illinois small business owners are also available for interviews.
To Request An Interview: Contact Simon Brown, Media Relations Manager for Small Business Majority: (312) 448-8291 or [email protected].
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Small Business Majority is a national small business advocacy organization, founded and run by small business owners to focus on solving the biggest problems facing America's 28 million small businesses today. Since 2005, we have actively engaged small business owners and policymakers in support of public policy solutions, and have delivered information and resources to entrepreneurs that promote small business growth and drive a strong, sustainable economy. We are a team of more than 30 working from our 11 offices in Washington, D.C. and 9 states, with a network of more than 45,000 small business owners and more than 2,000 business organizations, along with a formal strategic partnership program of more than 125 business organizations, enabling us to reach more than 500,000 entrepreneurs. Our extensive scientific polling, focus groups and economic research help us educate and inform policymakers, the media and other stakeholders about issues including taxes, healthcare, access to capital, entrepreneurship, workforce development, clean energy and immigration. Learn more about us on our website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.