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{"version":"1.1","identifier":"post-35785","language":"en","title":"Four of Five NJ GOP Congressmen Would Have Opposed AHCA","documentStyle":{"backgroundColor":"#fafafa"},"layout":{"columns":7,"width":1024,"margin":100,"gutter":20},"components":[{"role":"title","text":"Four of Five NJ GOP Congressmen Would Have Opposed AHCA","textStyle":"default-title","layout":"title-layout"},{"role":"header","layout":"headerBelowTextPhotoLayout","components":[{"role":"photo","layout":"headerPhotoLayout","URL":"http:\/\/monarchhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LanceLoBiondoSmith-1.jpeg"}],"behavior":{"type":"parallax","factor":0.8}},{"role":"container","layout":{"columnSpan":7,"columnStart":0,"ignoreDocumentMargin":true},"style":{"backgroundColor":"#fafafa"},"components":[{"role":"byline","text":"by Kate M. Kelly | Mar 28, 2017 | 12:03 PM","textStyle":"default-byline","layout":"byline-layout"},{"role":"heading3","text":"AHCA Demise Preserves Obamacare but Congress Needs to Improve ACA to Serve All","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-heading-3","layout":"heading-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"Before Friday March 24, 2017\u2019s non-vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Republican Congressmen [**Leonard Lance**](https:\/\/lance.house.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/lance-statement-on-the-american-health-care-act-0) (NJ-7), [**Frank LoBiondo**](https:\/\/lobiondo.house.gov\/) (NJ-2), [**Chris Smith**](http:\/\/chrissmith.house.gov\/) (NJ-4) and [Rodney Frelinghuysen](https:\/\/frelinghuysen.house.gov\/) (NJ-11) stated that they would vote \u201cno.\u201d","format":"markdown","textStyle":"dropcapBodyStyle","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"Only Republican Congressman Tom MacArthur (NJ-3) stated he would support the legislation. All New Jersey\u2019s Democratic members opposed the AHCA.","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"photo","URL":"http:\/\/monarchhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RodneyFrelinghuysen-300x300.jpeg","layout":"anchor-layout-right","anchor":{"targetAnchorPosition":"center","rangeStart":0,"rangeLength":1,"targetComponentIdentifier":"component-bb3655911da3bab321b0c381878c8065"}},{"role":"body","text":"We thank New Jersey\u2019s four Republican Congressmen for their leadership and willingness to join New Jersey\u2019s Democratic members in opposing the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) known as Obamacare with the AHCA.\n\nRepealing Obamacare was a high priority for President Trump and the Republican party.\n\nHowever, as we reported \u2013 **[Repealing ACA Would be Catastrophic to N.J. Families](http:\/\/monarchhousing.org\/2017\/02\/06\/repealing-aca-catastrophic-n-j-families\/)** would have been devastating on NJ.\n\n[**New Jersey Policy Perspective**](https:\/\/www.njpp.org\/) analyzed the current numbers of uninsured in New Jersey and the [**anticipated increase following the potential passing of the AHCA**](http:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2017\/03\/500000_nj_residents_would_lose_insurance_under_rep.html).","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout","identifier":"component-bb3655911da3bab321b0c381878c8065"},{"role":"body","text":"This data is available by each of the state\u2019s congressional districts. The largest increases would have incurred in the Republican districts.","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"photo","URL":"http:\/\/monarchhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UnisuredbyCD.png","layout":"full-width-image"},{"role":"body","text":"Obamacare remains the law of the land. But the question now is this, will the Trump Administration which stopped advertising the healthcare exchanges [**undermine the existing law with changes in regulations**](http:\/\/www.nj.com\/opinion\/index.ssf\/2017\/03\/trump_in_childish_tantrum_threatens_to_wreck_obama.html)?","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"tweet","URL":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPriceMD\/status\/842758846816964608","layout":"tweet-layout"},{"role":"container","layout":"anchor-layout-right","components":[{"role":"quote","text":"Congressmen Leonard Lance, Frank LoBiondo, Chris Smith and Rodney Frelinghuysen said they would vote no prior on the American Health Care Act (AHCA).\n\n","format":"markdown","layout":"pullquote-layout","textStyle":"default-pullquote"}],"style":{"border":{"all":{"width":"3","style":"solid","color":"#00bce3"},"left":false,"right":false}},"anchor":{"targetComponentIdentifier":"component-71380888b62b4f6ec41890bdd5c41ed2","originAnchorPosition":"top","targetAnchorPosition":"top","rangeStart":0,"rangeLength":10},"textStyle":"default-pullquote"},{"role":"body","text":"Last Friday, [**Congressman Lance**](https:\/\/lance.house.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/lance-statement-on-the-american-health-care-act-0) called on his congressional colleagues, \u201cDemocrats in Congress need to come to the table. They passed Obamacare into law. They need to help with the solution that all our constituents deserve.\u201d\n\nPresident Trump and others have echoed this call.\n\nBut if bi-partisanship is to work, its success needs to be based on lessons learned from seven years of Obamacare.\n\nAs David Frum wrote in **[The Atlantic](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/03\/the-republican-waterloo\/520833\/)** in a post \u201c_**[The Republican Waterloo](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/03\/the-republican-waterloo\/520833\/)**_,\u201d that \u201cAmerica committed itself for the first time to the principle of universal (or near universal) health-care coverage. That principle has had seven years to work its way into American life and into the public sense of right and wrong. It\u2019s not yet unanimously accepted. But it\u2019s accepted by enough voters\u2014and especially by enough Republican voters\u2014to render impossible the seven-year Republican vision of removing that coverage from those who have gained it under the Affordable Care Act. Paul Ryan still upholds the right of Americans to \u2018choose\u2019 to go uninsured if they cannot afford to pay the cost of their insurance on their own. His country no longer agrees.\u201d","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout","identifier":"component-71380888b62b4f6ec41890bdd5c41ed2"},{"role":"body","text":"All our citizens deserve an affordable place to call home and health insurance that they can afford but that covers all their essential health services. Only then will we all have the freedom to work, raise our families and grow our economy.","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"Join us join us for the [**2017 Congressional Reception**](http:\/\/monarchhousing.org\/cr17\/) to advocate that Mr. Trump and Congress to not only ensure the highest level of funding possible for affordable housing but also for protect universal healthcare.","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"[ Tom Moran on Trump\u2019s Options ](http:\/\/www.nj.com\/opinion\/index.ssf\/2017\/03\/trump_in_childish_tantrum_threatens_to_wreck_obama.html)","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"[ GOP\u2019s Waterloo ](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/03\/the-republican-waterloo\/520833\/)","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"[ Impact of AHCA on NJ ](http:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2017\/03\/500000_nj_residents_would_lose_insurance_under_rep.html)","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"[ Subscribe to Our Newsletter and Receive News You Can Use Every Morning ](http:\/\/monarchhousing.us13.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=71c3b29ac8b19ba527f136c69&id=0f78dd487b)","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"[ Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter and Receive News You Can Use Every Friday ](http:\/\/monarchhousing.us13.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=71c3b29ac8b19ba527f136c69&id=e4794e173c)","format":"markdown","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout-last"}]}],"componentTextStyles":{"default-heading-3":{"fontName":"AvenirNext-Bold","fontSize":24,"lineHeight":28,"textColor":"#000000","textAlignment":"left","tracking":0},"dropcapBodyStyle":{"textAlignment":"left","fontName":"AvenirNext-Regular","fontSize":18,"tracking":0,"lineHeight":24,"textColor":"#000000","linkStyle":{"textColor":"#428bca"},"paragraphSpacingBefore":18,"paragraphSpacingAfter":18,"dropCapStyle":{"numberOfLines":4,"numberOfCharacters":1,"padding":5,"fontName":"Georgia-Bold","textColor":"#663700","numberOfRaisedLines":0}},"default-body":{"textAlignment":"left","fontName":"AvenirNext-Regular","fontSize":18,"tracking":0,"lineHeight":24,"textColor":"#000000","linkStyle":{"textColor":"#428bca"},"paragraphSpacingBefore":18,"paragraphSpacingAfter":18},"default-pullquote":{"fontName":"AvenirNext-Bold","fontSize":18,"hangingPunctuation":false,"textColor":"#53585f","textTransform":"none","lineHeight":48,"textAlignment":"left","tracking":0},"default-title":{"fontName":"AvenirNext-Bold","fontSize":48,"lineHeight":52,"tracking":0,"textColor":"#000000","textAlignment":"left"},"default-byline":{"textAlignment":"left","fontName":"AvenirNext-Medium","fontSize":17,"lineHeight":24,"tracking":0,"textColor":"#53585f"}},"componentLayouts":{"heading-layout":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":6,"margin":{"bottom":15,"top":15}},"body-layout":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":6,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"body-layout-last":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":6,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":30}},"anchored-image":{"margin":{"bottom":25,"top":25}},"full-width-image":{"margin":{"bottom":25,"top":25},"columnSpan":7,"columnStart":0},"tweet-layout":{"margin":{"top":30,"bottom":30},"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7},"anchor-layout-right":{"columnStart":3,"columnSpan":3},"pullquote-layout":{"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"title-layout":{"margin":{"top":30,"bottom":0}},"headerPhotoLayout":{"ignoreDocumentMargin":true,"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7},"headerBelowTextPhotoLayout":{"ignoreDocumentMargin":true,"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"margin":{"top":30,"bottom":0}},"byline-layout":{"margin":{"top":10,"bottom":10},"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7}},"metadata":{"excerpt":"Congressmen Leonard Lance, Frank LoBiondo, Chris Smith and Rodney Frelinghuysen said they would vote no prior on the American Health Care Act (AHCA).","thumbnailURL":"http:\/\/monarchhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LanceLoBiondoSmith-1.jpeg","dateCreated":"2017-03-28T16:03:34+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-28T16:18:36+00:00","datePublished":"2017-03-28T16:03:34+00:00","canonicalURL":"http:\/\/monarchhousing.org\/2017\/03\/28\/nj-gop-congressmen-opposed-ahca\/","generatorIdentifier":"publish-to-apple-news","generatorName":"Publish to Apple News","generatorVersion":"1.2.4"},"advertisingSettings":{"frequency":10,"layout":{"margin":{"top":15,"bottom":15}}}}