On April 1st, President Biden changed the rules regarding premium assistance for health insurance policies through the Affordable Care Act. Teresa, who lives in South Carolina with her husband and children, already had their health insurance from the ACA health insurance marketplace and qualified for premium assistance. But when the new rules went into effect …
***Breaking News*** Most small business owners make too much money to qualify for a federal subsidy when buying an health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. The result has been premiums that were often unaffordable. The rules changed on March 11th!! The cap on income level for premium assistance is now gone. New …
The Health Insurance Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act will have a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) from February 15 through May 15. President Biden issued an Executive Order on January 28, 2021, for the SEP. From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has affected millions of people throughout the …
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Post and Courier January 3, 2021 By Mary Katherine Wildeman  Enrollments in health insurance plans offered through the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges in South Carolina this year returned to levels not seen since 2016, according to information from the federal government. The surge in sign-ups could be attributed to the fact that an unusually …
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The State October 8, 2020 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. Twenty years ago the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce held eight forums across the state to hear what small business owners needed to help them thrive and grow. One issue that topped the list of problems was the cost of health care. The 1990s …
June 30, 2020 Yesterday the U.S. House passed common sense improvements to the 10-year old Affordable Care Act (ACA) that is responsible for 10 million American’s having affordable, quality health private health insurance and an additional 12.5 million obtaining coverage through expanded Medicaid. But the ACA is not perfect. It limits the federal premium assistance …
(Also, read Jobless: Virus pandemic wins converts to Obamacare) Associated Press June 21, 2020 By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON The decade-old health care law that has divided Americans even as it expanded coverage and protected people with preexisting conditions is being put to yet another test. Amid a pandemic, President Donald Trump and some red states …
Hilton Head Island Packet May 28, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. The Coronavirus pandemic has had a silver lining. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is winning over old enemies, detractors and the indifferent. Not one Republican member of Congress voted for the ACA in 2010 and the GOP has been trying to repeal or defund …
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Families USA released information today showing how how many South Carolinians in each congressional district could lose health insurance subsidies in the pending supreme court case (see the table below). The US Supreme Court will rule on King v. Burwell by the end of this month. According to the Families USA data, the 154,000 people at …
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Small businesses in Chester and Lancaster counties have a special opportunity on January 7, 2015 to hear from an expert on health insurance options available to them and their employees through the federal health insurance marketplace. The sessions are scheduled for: 12:00 p.m. – Native American Studies Center 5:30 p.m. –Â Chester Downtown Development Association Catherine …
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