Affordable health insurance

Are you and your employees eligible for low- or no-cost quality health insurance?

      On July 20th join a free, 30-minute webinar sponsored by the SC Primary Health Care Association and the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce. You’ll learn about the quality health insurance plans available to small business owners and workers, premium assistance to make the plans affordable and criteria for accessing the coverage. […]

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Small Business Group: House vote to cap insulin costs a needed step in reducing price of life-saving medicine and small business healthcare costs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Small Business for America’s Future Co-Chair Anne Zimmerman on the House’s passage of legislation capping the cost of insulin Washington, D.C., March 31, 2022—The House of Representatives passage today of legislation capping the exorbitant cost of insulin is promising progress in reining the

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One year later: South Carolinians and citizens across the nation benefited from American Rescue Plan

Press Release March 12, 2022 Below is a statement by Frank Knapp Jr, President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, regarding the one-year anniversary of the American Rescue Plan and its impact on lowering health insurance costs.  Mr. Knapp is also Co-Chair of Small Business for America’s Future and serves

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Door not totally closed to premium subsidies in federal Health Insurance Marketplace

Now there are 17 exceptions to get access to affordable health insurance When the end of open enrollment in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace came on January 15th, over 300,000 lucky SC individuals and 14.5 million nationally had received premium subsidies that made their health insurance affordable, sometimes even free. If you missed out, there

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Special Enrollment Period for Marketplace Plans

The Special Enrollment Period allows you to purchase a Marketplace plan, or make changes to an existing one, after the Open Enrollment deadline. The current Open Enrollment period begins on November 1, 2022 and ends on January 15, 2023. To qualify for the Special Enrollment Period, you must have experienced certain life changes. Such changes are known

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Community Health Center Marketplace Navigators 

Affinity Health Center- York County Dalia Cervantes dcervantes@affinityhealthcenter.org  (803) 909-9708 CareSouth Carolina- Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Lee & Marlboro Jackie Anderson  jacqueline.anderson@caresouth-carolina.com  (843) 703-9002 CareTeam Plus- Horry Litasha Arthur  larthur@careteamplus.org  (843) 234-8243 Carolina Health Centers- Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick Shantate Morton  tmorton@carolinahealthcenters.org 864-388-0301 (o), 864-992-4090 (c) Foothills Community Health Care- Anderson & Pickens Anthony Kelley akelley@myfchc.org 

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Over 300,000 South Carolinians obtain health insurance via federal Marketplace

Press Release January 31, 2022 Columbia, SC—A total of 300,392 South Carolinians obtained affordable, quality health insurance in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace during the official open enrollment period, November 1-January 15, placing it eighth out of the 33 states using the federal platform. Nationally 14.5 million Americans now have health plans through both the

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Only 10 Days Left to Save BIG on Health Insurance

If you want to take advantage of the federal Health Insurance Marketplace for yourself and/or your employees and possibly save BIG money on a quality plan, you need to move quickly. The open enrollment period for the Marketplace ends January 15th. You still have time to learn more and enroll. Contact us for more information

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Column: How new rules on health insurance help SC small business owners, employees

Anderson Independent Mail December 26, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. South Carolina small business owners are finding huge savings on quality health insurance for themselves and their employees this year. The success stories are growing: * A small business owner had been paying $550 a month for a low-benefit, short-term, individual health insurance policy because

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South Carolina ranks 7th in federal Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment

Press Release December 23, 2021 Contact: Frank Knapp, 803-600-6874 Over 280 thousand South Carolinians selected or were automatically re-enrolled in individual health insurance plans through HealthCare.gov, the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, from November 1 – December 15.  South Carolina had the 7th highest enrollment during that period of all 33 states that use the federal

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