February 5, 2013 by The Ruoff Group The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides health policymakers with a robust set of tools to accomplish important changes to both bring costs under control and improve our health and health care. The coverage expansion which ensures affordable access to this new, high performance health care system is integral […]
The new leader of the South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus, Nikki Setzler, has a reputation as a respected problem-solver who works well across party lines. This Wednesday he will be having breakfast with the state’s Republican Governor, Nikki Haley (no relationJ), for a bipartisan discussion on improving the funding formula for K-12 public education. This
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The South Carolina House and Senate started the new legislative session yesterday. For those who have not experienced the occasion it’s similar to the first day back at school in the fall. Everybody is friendly and happy to see each other. All were in a positive mood except for the small crowd in front of
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Washington Post By N.C. Aizenman, Published: December 13 Republicans frequently denounce the health-care law as a dangerous overreach of federal power. But now Washington’s role is expanding, and some conservatives charge that Republicans have only themselves to blame. The vast majority of Republican-led states, faced with a Friday deadline to submit plans for running the insurance exchanges
The advocates of expanding Medicaid in South Carolina were out in force last night at the USC School of Law auditorium. Hundreds of people turned out to hear presentations by three supporters of the expansion and one opponent, Tony Keck the Director of the SC Department of Health and Human Services. In his remarks, Mr.
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The fight has begun on whether South Carolina should expand its Medicaid program as allowed under Obamacare. Last week a report produced by the University of South Carolina Moore School of Business found that from 2014 to 2020 the state would experience a $9 million net increase in revenue if it expands Medicaid for citizens
By Emerson Smith South Carolina businesses have been advised by Governor Haley’s office to register for a free credit monitoring service with Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) http://www.dandb.com/sc/or Experian http://www.smartbusinessreports.com/SouthCarolina. D&B has responded to some businesses with emails saying that the business’ credit profile is incomplete and that the business owner should call a D&B Credit
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When told by a reporter Tuesday about the SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) making an error that will cost businesses about $9 million next year, I called it an “asinine mistake” (see story below). I guess I could have been an apologist for the Haley administration like the president of the SC Manufacturing
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YesterdayI warned about the dangers to business checking accounts from the tax information hacked from the SC Department of Revenue. There is concern that armed with the checking account and routing numbers, the thieves might be able to fool your financial institution and directly pull money out much in the same way a credit card
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Frank Knapp appeared on SC ETV’s Connections this past Friday evening. Host P.A. Bennett talked with Frank about the dangers to businesses as a result of the hacking of tax data from the S.C. Department of Revenue. Also appearing on the show was Carri Grube Lybarker of the S.C. Dept. of Consumer Affairs, FBI Special
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