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By Corey Hutchins, Free Times   South Carolinians who have been rejected by health insurance companies because they suffer from a pre-existing condition can now apply for coverage at affordable rates under a temporary program offered by the federal government. It’s a type of bridge program that will carry forward until 2014 when American health […]

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – The president of the South Carolina Small Business Association says there are a lot of misconceptions about health care reform and what it means for small businesses. “You’re going to have tax credits available for health insurance from small businesses for the first time ever,” said association President Frank Knapp. “This

By Ashley Byrd, South Carolina Radio Network Cigarettes may be way to pay for some health care in South Carolina. That’s according to groups who support a cigarette tax to fill state budget gaps. At a Wednesday press event at the Statehouse, various groups and a few legislators offered a cigarette tax as a solution. That includes

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

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

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

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