With American Rescue Plan Heading Toward Final Passage, New Small Business Survey Shows Healthcare Costs are the Next Big Challenge Needing Solutions

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com  (831) 524-6764 National survey of more than 800 small business owners finds 55% of small business owners say the cost of providing health insurance to their employees is the biggest challenge they face, ahead of taxes, competition from large corporations, and even Covid-19 and support a broad set of …

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“We should be putting every state tax dollar we can into our hospitals to cover their COVID-19 operational costs”

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Statehouse Report March 27, 2020 …Frank Knapp, head of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, suggests the state augment a federal infusion of money into small businesses by delaying the filing of state employer payroll taxes. “There should not be any refund checks sent to taxpayers this year,” he said. “We should be putting …

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Opinion: Failure Would Cement ‘Victory for Small Business’

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Morning Consult June 21, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. Starting next year, for the first time, businesses will be allowed to give workers money specifically to purchase individual health insurance policies. This revised federal rule for tax-exempt health reimbursement arrangements was finalized last week. President Donald Trump called the changes a “monumental victory for small business.” Ironically, …

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Affordable Health Insurance

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Since its beginning in 2000, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has been the state’s leading business advocate for making health insurance more affordable.  During the 1990s, double digit increases in group health insurance premiums were recognized as unsustainable and had resulted in less than 40% of small businesses being able to …

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Health insurance industry targets Charleston’s hospitality workers during Obamacare launch

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October 9, 2013 By Corey Hutchins | Charleston City Paper Nick Johnson is a 33-year-old Folly Beach bartender who hasn’t had health insurance since he was 18. He also hasn’t seen the inside of a hospital or a doctor’s office for more than a decade, but two weeks ago he injured his left hand playing baseball …

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Less Than 50 Staffers? Your Four Main Obamacare Options

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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 with questions, watch this recent …

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Say goodbye to expensive deductibles and co-pays. Say hello to affordable healthcare.

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New Membership Benefit Even with the Affordable Care Act, which should make health insurance more affordable, you will still have to pay deductibles and co-pays every time you go to a doctor or hospital. The average American family with insurance will continue every year to pay thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for these deductibles and co-pays.  …

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Fallout for states rejecting Medicaid expansion

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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press    WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as “Obamacare.” It could mean exposing businesses to Internal Revenue Service penalties and leaving low-income citizens unable to afford coverage …

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Nearly 418,000 South Carolinians Will Be Eligible for New Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits in 2014

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New Report Provides County-Specific Breakdown of Tax Credit Eligibility by Income, Age, Race and Ethnicity, Employment Status Press Release: Families USA Washington, D.C.— A report released today says that in 2014 nearly 418,000 South Carolinians will be eligible for premium tax credits that will help them pay for health coverage—a doorway to quality health care …

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