Contact Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Frank Knapp Jr., Co-chair of Small Business for America’s Future and President & CEO, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, on the announcement of President Biden signing an executive order to promote competition in the marketplace and removing barriers to allow small businesses to succeed Washington, D.C., …
Statement by Renee Johnson, senior advisor to Small Business for America’s Future on today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan Washington, D.C., March 10, 2021—Today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan is a big win for the country’s small businesses as they try to recover from the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. …
Frank Knapp, co-chair of Small Business for America’s Future (SBAF) and President/CEO of the SC Small Business Chamber, was interviewed on NBC radio this week to discuss the recent SBAF national survey of small business owners regarding healthcare costs. Listen here. Read the survey results here.
February 4, 2021 Join Small Business For America’s Future in a survey effort to better understand how small business owners view healthcare coverage and its costs. We hope these survey results will shed light on the burdens small business owners face and help correct market failures that have resulted in unbearably high healthcare costs and …
MultiBRIEFS November 20, 2020 By Seth Sandronsky Hospital charges were spiking before COVID-19 hit the U.S. A new study from National Nurses United/California Nurses Association (NNU/CNA) looks at Medicare cost reports for 4,203 hospitals in fiscal year 2018. These hospitals “are charging on average over $417 for every $100 in their total costs.” The study, …
Below is an important opinion editorial for small businesses trying to survive this economic crisis. For over 7 years the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has worked with a health insurance broker, Insurance Advantage, to save small business money on quality health insurance for the owner and employees. Insurance Advantage is working with small …
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The Hill June 12, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr., Opinion Contributor The recently released Department of Labor May report on employment revealed a shocking number: New jobs last month rose by only 75,000, dramatically below expectations. Even worse, the number of new jobs created in March and April were revised down by tens of thousands …
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The Washington PostBy Sarah Kliff, Published: November 20 at 3:55 pm This just might be my favorite chart about health care costs as of late. And it’s one that contains billions of dollars’ worth of good news! The chart, from the Council of Economic Advisers, shows the Congressional Budget Office constantly revising downward how much it thinks the …
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According to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Businesssurvey, Obamacare can’t get here quick enough. The poll released this week found that 54% of the small business owners surveyed said that healthcare costs were hurting their operations a lot and 19% said hurting them a little. Now what Gallup doesn’t tell us is whether these business …
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