The Hill’s Congress BlogSeptember 24, 2013 By Frank Knapp Jr. Franchise owners descended on Capitol Hill last week to lobby for a modification in the Affordable Care Act. Their complaint is that under ObamaCare, starting in 2015, businesses with 50 or more full-time employees will either have to offer their…
All Employers: Important Health Care Reform Deadline
There is an very important deadline coming up on October 1, 2013, associated with the Affordable Care Act . EVERY BUSINESS WITH AT LEAST ONE EMPLOYEE MUST COMPLY. Fortunately, complying is relatively easy and the forms below will get the job done. Simply put, you as the employer are providing…
Honest debate with Obamacare opponents not possible
Thanks to Jeff Wilkinson, reporter for The State, for his front page story yesterday on the impact of Obamacare on businesses. As these now familiar pieces go you start with one business owner (usually as in this case a restaurateur with hundreds of employees) complaining about how the healthcare reform…
Health care changes chill businesses’ expansion plans
September 1, 2013 By JEFF WILKINSON, The State jwilkinson@thestate.com It’s the lunch rush at the Lizard’s Thicket restaurant on Garner’s Ferry Road and the wait staff is hauling out arm loads of Southern home cookin’ – salmon patties and mac and cheese, fried chicken and greens, country fried steak and…
Fewer Than 50 Staffers? Your Four Main Obamacare Options
EntrepreneurAugust 7, 2013 BY Dinah Wisenberg Brin Small businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees— or the equivalent — as defined by the U.S. Affordable Care Act may wonder what they should do to prepare for employee open enrollment on the new healthcare exchanges this October. If you’re among those…
Less Than 50 Staffers? Your Four Main Obamacare Options
August 7, 2013 By Dinah Wisenberg Brin | Entrepreneur Small businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees — or the equivalent — as defined by the U.S. Affordable Care Act may wonder what they should do to prepare for employee open enrollment on the new healthcare exchanges this October. If you’re among those…
SC Department of Insurance releases bogus analysis of data to scare public
The Greenville News August 3, 2013 “I would strongly encourage the public not to get too excited about these numbers, because there’s actually good news coming in federal subsidies,” said Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber who supports the changes to how customers buy health…
Is Obamacare a job-killer?
July 26, 2013 By Alain Sherter | CBS News (MoneyWatch) As Republicans in Congress continue trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, perhaps the most serious charge leveled against the health care law is that it is a “job-killer.” Critics say the ACA requirement that companies provide employees with health…
NFIB’s hollow victory
The announcement yesterday that businesses with 50 or more employees would have an extra year to comply with the Obamacare requirement that they either provide health insurance or pay a penalty was greeted with glee by the National Federation of Independent Business. “This is simply the latest evidence that implementation…
S.C. consumers due $6.2M in health insurance rebates thanks to Obamacare
Columbia Regional Business ReportBy Bill Poovey bpoovey@scbiznews.comPublished June 25, 2013 More than 119,000 South Carolina consumers whose health insurers failed to spend enough premium dollars on patient care are due to get rebates totaling $6.2 million from the insurers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the…