MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Small Business Perspective on Lawsuit Challenging Affordable Care Act

Small business and economic expert John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority, is available to speak to media about the ways in which small employers have benefited from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He is also available to discuss an amicus brief Small Business Majority filed in the case of Texas v. United States.

“The ACA has provided quality, affordable health coverage to millions of small firms that once struggled to access health insurance,” Arensmeyer said. “Prior to the enactment of the healthcare law, small businesses paid 18 percent more on average for health coverage than their big business counterparts. Following the enactment of the ACA, however, the growth in small business healthcare costs slowed dramatically. And because the law makes it much easier for the self-employed to obtain their own coverage, many more aspiring entrepreneurs have escaped ‘job lock’ and were able to go out on their own to start new ventures. Undoing the ACA, however, would erase these hard-won benefits for America’s entrepreneurs, cause a rapid rise in healthcare costs and create substantial economic instability. For the good of America’s job creators, the constitutionality of the ACA must be upheld.”

John Arensmeyer is available for interviews this week and next. Small business owners are also available for interviews.

TO REQUEST AN INTERVIEW: Contact Simon Brown, Media Relations Manager for Small Business Majority: (2o2) 535-3229 or sbrown@smallbusinessmajority.org.