Congratulation to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and state Health and Human Services Director Tony Keck. Their proposal to add an additional $29 million in the Medicaid budget for children’s healthcare appears to be a done deal both in the House and Senate. This is a dramatic turnaround from the Mark Sanford administration. Back in […]
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The wheels of justice turn slowly but they do turn. On Wednesday a ruling by the South Carolina Court of Appeals found in favor of the state’s Consumer Advocate in an extremely important issue affecting workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Our own Department of Insurance was fighting to keep the Consumer Advocate, the S.C. Small Business
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We made some good progress in the SC Legislature yesterday morning. A Senate subcommittee carried over a regulation to give the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission a free hand at changing the methodology used to determine compensation for specific medical providers.  Two of the three Senators appeared to be leaning against the proposed regulatory change. The
Protect Workers’ Comp Rates from Special Interests Wanting More Money The Workers’ Compensation Commission is asking the Legislature for a free hand at changing the way medical providers are compensated. Well-financed special interest medical providers are pushing for this change. If they are successful, the result will be higher premiums for the small businesses of
Since 2006 the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has been advocating for our Department of Commerce to develop a community-based development plan modeled after one started in 2004 by Georgia’s Republican Governor Sonny Perdue. The concept was simple but effective. Help local communities become more small-business friendly by providing expert consultation on the
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The second week of the SC General Assembly starts today so it’s time for a few more issues from the South Carolina Small Business Chamber’s (SCSBCC) legislative agenda. SCSBCC has a long history of supporting renewable energy and conservation.  It’s safe to say that environmental groups have no bigger ally in the general business community
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These must have been the worst two weeks in David Black’s life. What started in February as a new career adventure for the former president and CEO of the Liberty Life Insurance Company in Greenville, dissolved into a nightmare for the Director of the S.C. Department of Insurance who resigned yesterday. Weighing heavily on Mr.
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The battle over state sales tax being collected by on-line retailers like Amazon has now moved to Congress. Amazon, which this year won a battle in South Carolina receiving a reprieve from collecting sales tax on in-state sales in exchange for building a distribution center in Lexington County, apparently has now switched sides. The retail
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Maybe South Carolina actually does have something the rest of the country can emulate—at least as it relates to the Occupy movement. Last night, S.C. Governor Nikki Haley backed off last week’s order that the Occupy Columbia protesters had to be off of the State House grounds by 6 p.m. or be arrested for trespassing.Â
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Last Wednesday David Huffstetler resigned as Commissioner of the S.C. Workers’ Compensation Commission. The news stories by Michael Whiteley of Workcompcentral indicate that Huffstetler, whose term was up in June next year anyway, made the decision to resign rather than be involved in a media circus over his recusing himself from a case due to
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