Published in Columbia Regional Business Report State and local advocates for an increase to the state’s cigarette tax say the Legislature’s failure to increase the tax, currently at 7 cents a pack, has cost South Carolina more than $3 billion in matching federal Medicaid dollars. Numerous proposals to increase the state’s cigarette tax have been …
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By Josh Nelson | Huffington Post October 12, 2009 In addition to these newer campaigns, some small businesses have dealt with the U.S. Chamber’s extremism in more creative ways. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce offers an alternative for small businesses that want to be part of a business association but don’t agree …
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By Ashley Fletcher Frampton, Charleston Regional Business Journal For Pat Thompson, offering health insurance to employees of her Columbia-based medical billing company isn’t a nicety — it’s a must. “We’ve learned through years of experience that if you hire the right people, you’ll be successful,” she said. “But to hire the right people, you have …
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By Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who predicted that President Obama’s effort to overhaul the health care system would become his “Waterloo,” is doing his best to make that happen. Taking questions from a friendly crowd of 500 people here the other day, Mr. …
By Greg Hambrick | Charleston City Paper Sen. Jim DeMint has lost his base. In the past few weeks, the Republican from South Carolina has railed against Democratic healthcare reform and the “Cash for Clunkers” vehicle incentive as anti-small business. Now comes word that some South Carolina small businesses are anti-DeMint. The S.C. Small Business …
By Frank Knapp Jr., Spartanburg Herald-Journal As the shape of national health care reform becomes clearer, it is important to revisit some objections leveled against the effort in the past, as the Herald-Journal did in a June 11 editorial. First, the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce believes that we need national reform to make …
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By Liv Osby, The Greenville News A broad-based coalition of advocacy groups visited Greenville on Thursday to counter what members call misinformation about health-care reform. “We’re doing this to try to dispel some of the myths, distortions and outright lies being presented,” said Jane Wiley, director of South Carolina AARP. For instance, she said, some …
By Frank Knapp Jr., The State South Carolina’s small businesses are in a crisis state regarding the affordability of health insurance. Small businesses across the country are experiencing the same problem. Health insurance has simply gotten out of reach for most small businesses. In our state, at least 60 percent of our businesses with 50 …
Published in Orangeburg Times and Democrat THE ISSUE: Health care reform OUR OPINION: Sharing costs fairly must be priority President Barack Obama and doctors attending the American Medical Association convention didn’t exactly hit it off during the president’s address a week ago. Despite cheering for Obama’s call for reform that brings care to all Americans, the physicians offered …
By Liv Osby, Greenville Online May 29, 2009 The average South Carolina family pays more than $1,000 a year through its insurance premiums to cover health care for people with no insurance. It’s a “hidden health tax” that results when costs of care for the uninsured are shifted to paying patients through higher charges to …
