Congressman Leonard Lance is Deceiving New Jersey Families (taking NJ taxpayer funded health care)

[Ian David]

Congressman Leonard Lance is Deceiving New Jersey Families

New Jersey’s Representative Leonard Lance was caught red-handed tricking voters into believing he isn’t taking government healthcare because he opted out of the federal plan, but in fact he is taking NJ’s most cushy plan, funded by NJ taxpayers at more than twice the cost.

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Just last week Blue America PAC began running radio spots that hit a nerve with New Jersey’s career politician Congressman Leonard Lance on 1450 WCTC. After less than a dozen plays, Lance had his Chief of Staff on the phone strong arming the station’s general manager, demanding the station stop airing the ads. Lance's staffer claimed the ad was false since Lance doesn’t take the federal health insurance and sent along a copy of the Health Benefits Election Form to prove it.

Something was fishy. How did he know in early 2009 before the bill was passed to turn down the government option? Did he also turn down his congressional pension and other perks? Like I said, he's a career politician-- not a clairvoyant-- and something wasn't adding up. We started asking around among other New Jersey legislators and civil servants and, sure enough, we found out that the taxpayer-funded health care that New Jersey offers-- and that Lance still uses-- is much plusher and costs the taxpayers much more than the congressional option. So not only is Leonard Lance a hypocrite, who voted both to repeal healthcare for his hardpressed, taxpaying constituents and voted against an amendment that would have allowed for transparency about who in Congress gets government-subsidized healthcare and who doesn't-- but he went the extra mile to attempt to bully the station and Blue America and to mislead New Jersey voters by covering up that he uses government-subsidized healthcare for himself. This guy is even sleazier than we thought.

The goal of Congressman Lance sharing this handy bit of information-- to trick voters into thinking he doesn’t take government healthcare. Congressman Lance wanted to prove he is not a hypocrite for casting his vote to repeal healthcare and deny everyday Americans access to the protections his insurance provides.



More:
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2011/02/congressman-leonard-lance-is-deceiving.html

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1. Mr. Lance? Your response, if any?

Seems they got on the horn right away earlier when Blue America PAC had the fact incorrect, that Rep. Lance was taking federal health insurance. Surely they'd be all over it if it wasn't true that Lance is on the NJ state health care plan at taxpayer expense.

Mr. Lance?

Mr. Lance?

[hobbit709]

2. Lance is following the mantra.

"I got mine and screw you"