***Breaking News*** Most small business owners make too much money to qualify for a federal subsidy when buying an health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. The result has been premiums that were often unaffordable. The rules changed on March 11th!! The cap on income level for premium…
Closing the Gap: Virtual Forum on Insuring All South Carolinians-3/29/21
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On 11th Anniversary of the Passage of the Affordable Care Act, Let’s do More on Healthcare
Contact Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Rhett Buttle, senior advisor to Small Business for America’s Future and former Director of Private Sector Engagement in the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C., March. 22, 2021—On the 11th anniversary of the Affordable…
Closing the Gap: Virtual Forum on Insuring All South Carolinians
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Small Business Group Applauds Final Passage of American Rescue Plan, Urges Policymakers to Turn Focus to High Healthcare Costs
Statement by Renee Johnson, senior advisor to Small Business for America’s Future on today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan Washington, D.C., March 10, 2021—Today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan is a big win for the country’s small businesses as they try to recover from the economic…
Crushing healthcare costs featured on NBC radio
Frank Knapp, co-chair of Small Business for America’s Future (SBAF) and President/CEO of the SC Small Business Chamber, was interviewed on NBC radio this week to discuss the recent SBAF national survey of small business owners regarding healthcare costs. Listen here. Read the survey results here.
With American Rescue Plan Heading Toward Final Passage, New Small Business Survey Shows Healthcare Costs are the Next Big Challenge Needing Solutions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 National survey of more than 800 small business owners finds 55% of small business owners say the cost of providing health insurance to their employees is the biggest challenge they face, ahead of taxes, competition from large corporations, and even Covid-19 and…
Health Insurance Marketplace Re-Opening for Uninsured and Underinsured
The Health Insurance Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act will have a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) from February 15 through May 15. President Biden issued an Executive Order on January 28, 2021, for the SEP. From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has affected…
Healthcare Survey for Small Business Owners
February 4, 2021 Join Small Business For America’s Future in a survey effort to better understand how small business owners view healthcare coverage and its costs. We hope these survey results will shed light on the burdens small business owners face and help correct market failures that have resulted in…
This year, thousands more in SC opted for ACA health insurance
Post and Courier January 3, 2021 By Mary Katherine Wildeman Enrollments in health insurance plans offered through the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges in South Carolina this year returned to levels not seen since 2016, according to information from the federal government. The surge in sign-ups could be attributed to…