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Valley Hospital Expansion will Increase Health Insurance Rates, Other Already Astronomical Health Care Costs

Health insurance rates already cost $30,000 per family, Valley Hospital has shown no willingness to contain costs.

The Valley Hospital expansion must be stopped if middle class families are to remain in Bergen County. 

Already health insurance rates are $30,000 per family and Valley Hospital has shown no willingness to contain costs. Their single rooms are $3,000 per night. Imagine what kind of hotel suite you can get in New York City for that kind of money? 

But in the New York City you have a choice whether you want to pay that. At Valley Hospital there is no choice - they will tell you after you use their services how much they were.

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And then they will write you a letter asking for charity!

Driving around Ridgewood, what do we see? Empty store fronts (can't afford employees with health insurance), but specialist doctors everywhere.

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