Dan Cirucci: AFP Applauds Repeal Vote On Med Tax

Thursday, June 25, 2015

AFP Applauds Repeal Vote On Med Tax

Americans for Prosperity, New Jersey's state’s leading advocate for healthcare freedom, is praising seven members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation for supporting repeal of Obamacare’s medical device tax. Repeal of the medical device tax is one of the top priorities of Americans for Prosperity’s Reform America 2015 agenda.

Americans for Prosperity State Director Erica Klemens offered the following statement:

“Obamacare has been devastating to millions of Americans and their families, resulting in many losing their doctor, seeing their premiums soar, or feeling the brunt of its mandates and tax hikes.

“Obamacare’s trail of broken promises is bad enough, but one of the most deeply troubling aspects of the law is the medical device tax. No other country in the world imposes such a tax which makes it more costly for patients to access prosthetics and critical, life saving devices such as heart valves and insulin pumps.

“In addition to these pernicious effects, the medical device tax puts at risk thousands of jobs in this vital health care sector while stifling the kind of innovation that will lead to better care and outcomes for patients in the future.

“Repealing the medical device tax is the morally just action and Americans for Prosperity applauds the seven New Jersey House members for their commonsense vote to do just that.”

The House of Representatives voted last week to repeal the medical device tax in bipartisan fashion, 280-140. The seven members of the New Jersey delegation voting in favor were Representatives Scott Garrett (R-05), Leonard Lance (R-07), Frank LoBiondo (R-02), Chris Smith (R-04), Tom MacArthur (R-03), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11) and Donald Norcross (D-01).

Voting in opposition were Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12), Frank Pallone (D-06), Bill Pascrell (D-09), Albio Sires (D-08), Donald Payne, Jr (D-10).

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Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

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A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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