1. Eliminating Expensive Caps on Health Coverage in South Carolina The new health care law focuses on protecting consumers by preventing insurance companies from enacting policies that include some of the most heinous abuses and exploitations of consumers in any industry. September 23, 2010 is the first major date for changes brought by the new law. […]
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This Thursday it will be 6 months since President Obama signed the new health care reform bill. What is taking so long for all the predicted devastation to happen? Am I being too sarcastic? I don’t think so. Just last night I watched Representative Joe “You Lie” Wilson (R-SC) on the evening news call for
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From now until Election Day all you are going to hear from some political candidates is how the new health care law is bad for small businesses. Of course this isn’t true but without something more tangible than common sense to counter the misinformation, confusion reigns. So here is the good news. A study appearing
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Hopefully you have read my last blog in which I analyze how small business friendly our candidates for Governor might be based upon their response to a questionnaire, their voting records and past experience with The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. If you haven’t, read it before you read today’s post. On Monday,
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Now here’s something you won’t often hear from me. Good job, Blue Cross and Blue Shield! No, I’m not talking about BC/BS of South Carolina. It’s BC/BS of Kansas City deserving the accolade. The health insurance industry was the loudest opponent of national health care reform but once it passed BC/BS of Kansas City decided
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Affordable health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions will now be available to those who successfully enroll in a new high-risk insurance pool starting July 1st. Enrollment will be done through a new portal, http://www.healthcare.gov, which will go on-line that day. One of the features of the health care reform law passed in March was the
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Photo by Kim McManus It sure is difficult to give good information about the new health care law when the critics keep fighting the war. Such was the case this morning when I appeared on a panel sponsored by the Charleston Regional Business Journal. One of the other three panelists was the CEO of a
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The SC Legislature gave Governor Mark Sanford a “parting” gift—a 50-cent increase in the state’s cigarette tax.Thanks for playing, Guv. Sanford has successfully fought the tax increase for years regardless of the purpose of the tax—even when it was to help make health insurance more affordable specifically for small business. (OK, he said he would
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In April 2010, Frank was invited to participate in two press conferences at the U.S. Capitol. He spoke about the benefits of the new health care law in a pressconference with SenatorsMary Landrieu (LA) and Debbie Stabenow (MI). In the other press conference he joined Senators Dick Durbin (IL), Jack Reed (RI) and Michael Bennet
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In April, Frank Knapp met with Congressmen John Spratt and James Clyburn in Washington, D.C. to present them each with a plaque on behalf of The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, thanking them for their work in passing the historic health care reform bill. Their work on this legislation was invaluable. Joining Frank was
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