The State Hilton Head Island Packet Myrtle Beach Sun News September 12, 2020 BY LATHRAN WOODARD AND FRANK KNAPP The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the weakness in the current health care system in a nation that is largely dependent on employer-based insurance. A recent survey by the Commonwealth Fund found…
Small Business Group: Executive Orders on Drug Prices Not a Serious Effort
Contact Conan Knoll conan@emcstrategies.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Frank Knapp Jr., Small Business for America’s Future co-chair and Founder and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, about President Trump Signing Executive Orders on Drug Pricing Today Washington, D.C., July 24, 2020—With abysmal poll numbers and an…
Small Business Group: Policymakers Must Act to Create Healthcare Coverage that is Affordable for Small Businesses and Employees
Contact Conan Knoll conan@emcstrategies.com| (831) 524-6764 Statement by Dr. Erika Gonzalez, Co-Chair of Small Business for America’s Future and Chair of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, on Families USA study showing 5.4 million Americans have lost healthcare coverage Washington, D.C., July 15, 2020—Tuesday’s study from Families USA revealing 5.4 million…
House Passes Common Sense ACA Improvements
June 30, 2020 Yesterday the U.S. House passed common sense improvements to the 10-year old Affordable Care Act (ACA) that is responsible for 10 million American’s having affordable, quality health private health insurance and an additional 12.5 million obtaining coverage through expanded Medicaid. But the ACA is not perfect. It…
Overturning ‘Obamacare’ during a pandemic
(Also, read Jobless: Virus pandemic wins converts to Obamacare) Associated Press June 21, 2020 By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON The decade-old health care law that has divided Americans even as it expanded coverage and protected people with preexisting conditions is being put to yet another test. Amid a pandemic, President Donald…
OPINION Jobless: Virus pandemic wins converts to Obamacare
Hilton Head Island Packet May 28, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. The Coronavirus pandemic has had a silver lining. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is winning over old enemies, detractors and the indifferent. Not one Republican member of Congress voted for the ACA in 2010 and the GOP has been…
Small Business Owners exploring health insurance options to cut expenses
In the 2 weeks since my opinion editorial (below) ran in the Charleston Regional Business Journal, more and more small business owners have been searching for ways to cut costs, especially with health insurance. For over 7 years the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has worked with a health…
Viewpoint: Reducing costs a must for small businesses to survive
Below is an important opinion editorial for small businesses trying to survive this economic crisis. For over 7 years the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has worked with a health insurance broker, Insurance Advantage, to save small business money on quality health insurance for the owner and employees. Insurance…
“We should be putting every state tax dollar we can into our hospitals to cover their COVID-19 operational costs”
Statehouse Report March 27, 2020 …Frank Knapp, head of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, suggests the state augment a federal infusion of money into small businesses by delaying the filing of state employer payroll taxes. “There should not be any refund checks sent to taxpayers this year,” he…
Time is running out for employees to get affordable health insurance
Small business owners who do not offer group health insurance (which is most small businesses) need to quickly help their workers obtain affordable health insurance through the Federal Marketplace. There is no cost to the employer. The door shuts December 15th for getting this quality health insurance with very affordable…