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Affordable Care Act Helping South Carolinians (Episode 4)

April 7, 2011

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t-ouoFFI1g] Stacy Arnold, a USC student who is about to graduate with a master’s degree in social work, speaks out on a key benefit of the Affordable Care Act that allows young adults like her to stay on their parents’ health insurance policies until they turn 26. Thanks, Stacy!

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,…

Attn: South Carolinians! Don’t let a few speak for you!

April 4, 2011

Take control of your health-care options! Last week, a small group of activists upended a bipartisan legislative effort to establish a competitive, state-based health-insurance marketplace that would offer individuals, families and small businesses more control, more transparency, better prices and better protections when purchasing health insurance. If South Carolina fails to take action, by law,…

Affordable Care Act Helping South Carolinians (Episode 3)

April 1, 2011

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-HOZYagQZA] Sue Berkowitz, director of S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center, has fought hard for health care reforms in order to improve the lives of all South Carolinians, but she also had her own dog in that fight, a dog named Max. Sue shares her family’s story here. Thanks, Sue!

Sorry, This Ain’t No April Fool’s…

April 1, 2011

Synopsis: According to Congressman Louie Gohmert and his Texas-sized tinfoil hat, U.S. intervention in Libya is actually an Obama plot to tucker out our military, thereby enabling Obama to call up his health-care-reform stormtroopers to impose Shariah, or some other fantastical atrocity, on us all. Nobody at S.C. Health Care Voices is calling the Affordable…

School Yourself On Insuring Yourself In 2014

March 31, 2011

Tea Party Upends S.C. Insurance Exchange Bill

March 30, 2011

From The Spartanburg Herald-Journal: By Stephen Largen . State House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Cooper, R-Anderson, and seven other Republican state House members today removed their support from legislation that would create a state health insurance exchange. The legislation, created by state Rep. Harold Mitchell, D-Spartanburg, picked up sponsorship from about a dozen…

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…

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