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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

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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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Sirius XM – POTUS Ch. Features conversation on SBAF survey results

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  CNN’s Political Commentator, Alice Stewart, talked with Small Business for America’s Future co-chair Frank Knapp on February 1st about the organization’s survey.  Ms. Stewart, who was guest hosting the Laura Coates Show, was the Communications Director for four GOP presidential campaigns– Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann. Mr. Knapp discussed how

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Over 300,000 South Carolinians obtain health insurance via federal Marketplace

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Press Release January 31, 2022 Columbia, SC—A total of 300,392 South Carolinians obtained affordable, quality health insurance in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace during the official open enrollment period, November 1-January 15, placing it eighth out of the 33 states using the federal platform. Nationally 14.5 million Americans now have health plans through both the

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Small business survey results discussed on Michigan radio

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Listen to Paul Miller of Michigan radio station WPHM interview Frank Knapp on 1/28/22 regarding the results of a Small Business for America’s Future survey.  Mr. Knapp discusses the dissatisfaction of small business owners in the US Senate’s failure to address the top concerns of small businesses. Listen: https://www.wphm.net/episode/january-28-frank-knapp/

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