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Columbia marketing professional joins business chamber board

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Press Release February 12, 2023 Columbia marketing professional joins business chamber board Columbia, SC—Debi Schadel has joined the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, a statewide advocacy organization with a 23-year record of successful advocacy at the state and federal levels. Schadel is the COO and Co-founding partner of […]

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Free webinar: Do you qualify for subsidized private health insurance?

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February 3, 2023 Over 383,000 South Carolinians have affordable health insurance thanks to premium assistance from the federal government Do you qualify? Ever-rising health insurance premiums have resulted in most small businesses not offering group health insurance.  It is simply unaffordable. Many small business owners have turned to the federal Health Insurance Marketplace for quality,

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Special Enrollment Period for Affordable Health Insurance Marketplace Plans


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January 23, 2023 Don’t wait for Open Enrollment in November to get premium assistance for quality health insurance The federal Health Insurance Marketplace Special Enrollment Period allows you to purchase a private health insurance Marketplace plan or make changes to an existing one after Open Enrollment ended on January 15, 2023. You could be one

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Like what we do?  Support us with a small donation.

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January 2, 2023 The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has a BIG agenda in 2023.  If you are not a dues-paying member, your small-dollar donation can help. LEARN MORE AND DONATE SCSBCC not only advocates for small business, we run like a small business on a small budget…so every dollar is critical.

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Door closing on small businesses for affordable health insurance

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12/28/22 The SC Small Business Chamber has called thousands of small businesses across the state in 2022.  We told them about affordable, quality health insurance for the owner and employees through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace. Hundreds asked to be contacted to see how the federal subsidies can reduce their health insurance costs or enable

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The Gift of affordable, quality health insurance

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FREE WEBINAR: December 19th, 11AM Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1n_ZBUZi5Vwm7vI9LfTAldTnA949zf19NTAFRuP5FjUc/ Tis the season for giving and receiving. Join our webinar on December 19th at 11AM to learn about an important no-cost gift you can give to your employees. You might also find the gift of affordable, quality health insurance for you and your family is a gift you

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Rock Hill’s WRHI shares info on federal Health Insurance Marketplace. Listen.

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November 23, 2022 SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce president/CEO Frank Knapp traveled to Rock Hill to talk about the federal Health Insurance Marketplace with WRHI’s Lucas McFadden and Ashley Lang on Palmetto Mornings. Listen (9 minutes) https://cts.vresp.com/c/?SCSmallBusinessChamb/94d03d92a3/TEST/53f802cdf7

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Federal Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment-pace up 40% compared to last year

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On November 18, President Biden announced that the number of new enrollees who have signed up for high-quality, affordable health insurance on HealthCare.Gov is up almost 40% compared to the same time last year. Let us hook you up with a SC Primary Health Care Association representative who can answer all your questions about getting

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Listen to radio interview on federal Health Insurance Marketplace

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A recent in-depth radio interview was heard on Columbia’s WFMV.  The host of the Urban Scene, Don Frierson, talked with Sarah Christian, Navigator Coordinator with the SC Primary Health Care Association, and Frank Knapp, president & CEO of the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce. The 60-minute interview covered questions about the federal Health Insurance

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Learn how you and your employees could save BIG money on quality Health Insurance

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November 6, 2022 WEBINAR: November 15th, 11AM Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1n_ZBUZi5Vwm7vI9LfTAldTnA949zf19NTAFRuP5FjUc/edit If you are a small business owner struggling to pay ever increasing health insurance premiums either for yourself or for your employees, now is the time to re-evaluate. If you or your employees don’t have health insurance, now is REALLY the time to act. Join us

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