Published on July 24, 2012 By Stephen Largen | The Post and Courier COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s largest health insurer has begun sending out rebate checks to some policy holders because it failed to meet a requirement of the federal health care overhaul. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina said Monday that checks — […]
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Published on June 29, 2012 By JOEY HOLLEMAN, The State Small business groups have extremely varied viewpoints on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision backing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The National Federation of Independent Business actually joined South Carolina and 25 other states in the court challenge of the law. Thursday’s decision frustrated
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Published on July 7, 2012 By Lillia Callum-Penso, The Greenville News Clemson Elementary third-grade teacher Susan Nunamaker developed the Money Cents for Kids program to teach students how to negotiate costs and develop marketing for the businesses they’ve created. / MYKAL McELDOWNEY/Staff The sounds coming from Susan Nunamaker’s classroom at Clemson Elementary are what you
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Published on July 7, 2012 The Greenville News By Tim Smith, Staff Writer COLUMBIA — When Gov. Nikki Haley announced that she opposes implementing insurance exchanges or expanding Medicaid rolls under the new federal health-care law, it came as little surprise to supporters of the act. The governor has repeatedly criticized it and said it
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The State June 29, 2012 By JOEY HOLLEMAN Small business groups have extremely varied viewpoints on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision backing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The National Federation of Independent Business actually joined South Carolina and 25 other states in the court challenge of the law. Thursday’s decision frustrated Ben Homeyer,
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Published June 29, 2012 Greenville Online By Liv Osby, Staff Writer Reaction in South Carolina to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold most of the federal health-care reform law Thursday came down largely along party lines, with opponents calling it a new tax that needs to be repealed while supporters said it’s a step
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Published on June 29, 2012 By SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal health care law represents a huge tax increase that will kill jobs. “This decision concludes one thing and one thing only for me, and that is we
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Frank Knapp, Jr., president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce will testify in Washington, DC at the House Committee for Small Business today at 1 p.m. The hearing is entitled, Â Regulatory Flexibility Act Compliance: Is EPA Failing Small Business? Mr. Knapp will be representing both the SC Small Business Chamber
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Rock Hill Herald June 15, 2012 By Jamie Self — jself@heraldonline.com U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney held a formal congressional hearing in Rock Hill on Thursday to hear small-business leaders’ stories about how government regulations and changes in health care impact them. As chairman of a House small-business subcommittee, Mulvaney, a first-term Republican from Indian Land
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The American Sustainable Business Council had a very good Summit for a Sustainable Economy at the White House yesterday. In addition to the morning’s panel on sustainable economic growth that I moderated, I also facilitated a breakout group on small business taxes and revenue in the afternoon with a representative from the White House National
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