Healthcare

Are you and your employees eligible for low- or no-cost quality health insurance?

By / Healthcare, Small Business, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

      On July 20th join a free, 30-minute webinar sponsored by the SC Primary Health Care Association and the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce. You’ll learn about the quality health insurance plans available to small business owners and workers, premium assistance to make the plans affordable and criteria for accessing the coverage. […]

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Webinar: $0-dollar premium health insurance still available for qualified employees

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Webinar: $0-dollar premium health insurance still available for qualified employees New affordable option to replace group plan also available Join us on Friday, May 20th, at 1PM to learn how your qualified employees can still benefit from the federal Health Insurance Marketplace even though the open enrollment period is over. There are many criteria that

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An Approach to Localized Policy Priorities: South

By / Access to Capital, Economy, Healthcare, Press, Small Business /

Start Us Up America’s New Business Plan| January 21, 2022 For more than 20 years, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has promoted entrepreneurs’ general interests to governments at the state, local, and even the federal levels. Frank Knapp, the group’s president, CEO and co-founder, has led his chamber’s efforts.  As the “voice for

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Small Business Group: House vote to cap insulin costs a needed step in reducing price of life-saving medicine and small business healthcare costs

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Small Business for America’s Future Co-Chair Anne Zimmerman on the House’s passage of legislation capping the cost of insulin Washington, D.C., March 31, 2022—The House of Representatives passage today of legislation capping the exorbitant cost of insulin is promising progress in reining the

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One year later: South Carolinians and citizens across the nation benefited from American Rescue Plan

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Press Release March 12, 2022 Below is a statement by Frank Knapp Jr, President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, regarding the one-year anniversary of the American Rescue Plan and its impact on lowering health insurance costs.  Mr. Knapp is also Co-Chair of Small Business for America’s Future and serves

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Opinion: Federal Marketplace Offers Help as Health Insurance Costs Rise

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  Greenville Business Magazine January 27, 2022 Opinion: Federal Marketplace Offers Help as Health Insurance Costs Rise By Frank Knapp Jr. Small business owners and workers across South Carolina have found good news on affordable health insurance through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, where plans from private insurance companies could be obtained with premiums based

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Door not totally closed to premium subsidies in federal Health Insurance Marketplace

By / Healthcare, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

Now there are 17 exceptions to get access to affordable health insurance When the end of open enrollment in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace came on January 15th, over 300,000 lucky SC individuals and 14.5 million nationally had received premium subsidies that made their health insurance affordable, sometimes even free. If you missed out, there

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Special Enrollment Period for Marketplace Plans

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The Special Enrollment Period allows you to purchase a Marketplace plan, or make changes to an existing one, after the Open Enrollment deadline. The current Open Enrollment period begins on November 1, 2022 and ends on January 15, 2023. To qualify for the Special Enrollment Period, you must have experienced certain life changes. Such changes are known

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Community Health Center Marketplace Navigators 

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Affinity Health Center- York County Dalia Cervantes dcervantes@affinityhealthcenter.org  (803) 909-9708 CareSouth Carolina- Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Lee & Marlboro Jackie Anderson  jacqueline.anderson@caresouth-carolina.com  (843) 703-9002 CareTeam Plus- Horry Litasha Arthur  larthur@careteamplus.org  (843) 234-8243 Carolina Health Centers- Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick Shantate Morton  tmorton@carolinahealthcenters.org 864-388-0301 (o), 864-992-4090 (c) Foothills Community Health Care- Anderson & Pickens Anthony Kelley akelley@myfchc.org 

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