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[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!
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,…
[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!
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…
From Charleston Regional Business Journal: By Ashley Fletcher Frampton [email protected] Published March 28, 2011 The U.S. Department of Justice claimed in a lawsuit filed in October that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan was violating antitrust laws in its contracts with hospitals, and now the government is expanding its investigation of the matter. Blue Cross…
[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!
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…
Dr. David Cull has invented a device that is aimed at restricting constant high blood flow created from arteries being grafted to veins in the arms of dialysis patients. Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2011 By JAMES ROSEN – McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The good doctor was frustrated. Dr. David Cull, a prominent vascular surgeon in Greenville,…
Senate Banking and Insurance Committee March 23, 2011 – 11:00 A.M. 105 Gressette Building __________________AGENDA_________________ Department of Insurance presentation regarding State compliance with the Affordable Care Act. We will hear from consumer and insurance industry advocates as well. Good Sandlappers, come on down and give lawmakers your $0.02. Help S.C. get it right!
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…
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