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December 10, 2008

Recruiting over 200 small business members from across New York City in just three months, new coalition is building momentum for comprehensive health care reform that works for small businesses

Contact: Contact: Sara Cullinane, cell: 917-676-3210 (English or Spanish)


*** For Immediate Release ***

AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE FALL VICTIM TO THE ECONOMY, LOSING JOBS AND HEALTHCARE COVERAGE, SMALL BUSINESSES HARDEST HIT BY HEALTHCARE CRISIS TAKE ACTION
 

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO MARK FORMATION OF MAJOR
SMALL BUSINESS COALITION FOCUSED ON HEALTHCARE
 

NEW COALITION MADE UP OF NEW YORK SMALL BUSINESSES TO SEEK REAL SOLUTIONS 

Recruiting over 200 small business members from across New York City in just three months, new coalition is building momentum for comprehensive health care reform that works for small businesses
 
Woodside, New York. Make the Road New York's Small Business United for Health Care Reform Coalition will publicly announce its formation THURSDAY DECEMBER 11th at 12pm as a new voice for New York small businesses committed to addressing the state and nation's current health care crisis.  Small businesses are among the groups hardest hit by this crisis, lacking the numbers to spread risk or bargain for lower prices.  Though businesses have been typecast as opponents of health care change, Small Business United for Health Care Reform has found strong support among locally owned small businesses for rapid action on the health care front. Small Business United for Health Care Reform will work with business owners to ensure that their voices are heard in the public debate over health reform.
 
"Small businesses are the engine that drives the U.S. economy," said Carmen Ledesma, owner of Parisien Salon in Woodside, Queens, "but when it comes to health care we're the ones getting driven into the ground." Ledesma added, "It's small businesses that are going to pick us up out of this recession.  But to make that possible, we need a fix to the broken health care system that works for small businesses, our employees, and the communities we serve."

 
 
What:   A small business response to current healthcare crisis:
  • Public announcement of the launch of a new, formidable small business coalition that will act as a voice for small businesses on health care issues. 
  • Small business leaders from all around New York City will talk about their experiences trying to access or losing health insurance for themselves and their employees, the effect of this on their businesses' bottom lines, and their ideas for a healthcare solution that will work. 
  • Leaders will call on New York and national legislators for action. 
             
Who:     Small business leaders who have formed a formidable healthcare coalition of over 200 new small business members in just three months.  Event speakers will include local small business owners.
 
When:   Thursday December 11th 2008 at Noon.
 
Where:   Small Business Hair Salon - Parisien Salon 50-15 43rd Ave. Woodside, New York (7 Train to 52nd St)

 


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