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Senate Repeals 1099 Headache For Small Businesses

April 5, 2011

There was broad consensus that the 1099 provision was ‘foolish,’ Mike Johanns says. | AP Photo From Politico: By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 4/5/11 1:15 PM EDT The Senate on Tuesday voted to repeal the health care overhaul’s 1099 tax reporting requirements, finally ending months of debate and votes over a provision that, by the end,…

Affordable Care Act Helping South Carolinians (Episode 2)

March 29, 2011

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyqQoTAj4sg] Ever-feisty Debbie McDaniel, owner of Columbia’s Revente shops, also joined S.C. Health Care Voices in honoring the anniversary of health-care reform at the State House last week. Debbie read her prepared statement again for our camera afterward. Thanks for standing up and speaking out, Debbie!

Health Care Reform Has 820,000 Fans In South Carolina

March 25, 2011

Brittanie Turpin, 23, accumulated $20,000 in medical debt from emergency gallbladder surgery last year. “It’s pretty tough without insurance,” Turpin said. Under the Affordable Care Act, passed one year ago, Turpin will be able to stay on her mother’s insurance until she is 26. (Brad Nettles) From The Post & Courier: Benefits to S.C. so…

Misinformation Still Plagues Health Care Reform Law

March 24, 2011

Font of misinformation. From CBS News: March 23, 2011 5:12 PM By Stephanie Condon One year after President Obama signed his landmark health care reform package into law, his administration is still working to make sure the public understands the sweeping changes, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday. Recent polls, including last…

SC To Study Health Insurance Exchanges, Comply With ACA

March 17, 2011

By executive decree, Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered the establishment of the South Carolina Health Exchange Planning Committee, an advisory body charged with studying and recommending whether South Carolina should launch a state-based insurance exchange or punt that responsibility to the Feds. Either way, the Affordable Care Act (i.e. the new health care reform law)…

What Happened To S.C.’s $16.8M In Health Care Funds?

March 16, 2011

From The Spartanburg Herald-Journal: Rep. Bakari Sellers, marshal of this particular sunshine brigade. Lawmakers seek answers, say SC quietly taking health care funds By Jason Spencer [email protected] Published: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 3:15 a.m. COLUMBIA — Five state lawmakers led by Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Bamberg, have requested an audit of the S.C. Department of…

Opponents Of Reform Still Pushing Brazen Distortions

March 9, 2011

Bachmann’s ‘Bombshell’ – A ‘Hidden’ $105 Billion NBC – Meet The Press By Glenn Kessler The Washington Post “There was a Congressional Research Service report that just was issued in February, and we discovered that secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the ‘Obamacare’ legislation to fund the implementation of…

Analysis Shows Insurance Giants Pocketing Huge Profits, Despite Weak Economy

March 4, 2011

Report Underscores Importance of Blocking New Health Law’s Repeal Published on Mar 3, 2011 – 7:02:25 AM By: Health Care for America Now Washington, DC – The five largest Wall Street-run health insurance companies parlayed the economic meltdown of 2008 and the nation’s subsequent fragile recovery into huge profits in 2010, the last year before…

Fla. Judge Stays Own Ruling Against Health Care Reform

March 4, 2011

The Justice Department said it would quickly appeal — as Judge Roger Vinson said it must. | AP Photo From Politico: By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 3/3/11 12:38 PM EST U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson put the health care reform law on a fast track to the Supreme Court on Thursday — giving the Obama administration…

Message To Health Law Critics: It’s Not A Lack Of Flexibility

March 2, 2011

“The real problem here, in other words, isn’t the lack of flexibility in the health law. It’s the lack of workable ideas from critics on the right.” From Kaiser Health News: By Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor of The New Republic (Mar 01, 2011) With Republican governors complaining that the Affordable Care Act doesn’t give them…

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