*More Breaking News* The Senate will start work on a final health care reform bill as soon as Monday. This is a critical time and we can’t afford to let negotiations break down because of political infighting. Please take a minute to call your South Carolina senators and let them know you’re counting on them [...]
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*Breaking News* The Senate Finance Committee voted today and passed its health care reform bill! This vote is a major milestone towards reform. But it’s not the finish line. Now the full Senate needs to meld the different reform proposals together – a stage when negotiations often break down. It’s up to us to make [...]
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The Black and White of Health Insurance; Without Reform, Health Care Insurance Premiums Could Skyrocket 79% in 10 Years. Are You Willing to Accept This? By Frank Knapp Jr. Finally, the health insurance industry has publicly admitted that health insurance premiums are going to rise dramatically over the next 10 years if there is no [...]
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Dial 1-866-279-5474 Make Calls and Spread the Word We are encouraging you to commit to three phone calls today, October 20: one to your Representative and one to each of your Senators. Use the PICO National Network’s call-in number 1-866-279-5474. This number will allow you to connect to all three offices with only one phone [...]
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Too Bad They Can’t Vote A substantial and growing cadre of prominent Republicans have come out in favor of health reform recently. A partial list: former majority leaders Bob Dole, Howard Baker and Bill Frist (who this week disputed critics who claimed that Obama was promoting socialized medicine), California Governor Schwarzenegger, former HHS Secretary Tommy [...]
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From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement on the Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Plan and links to four papers related to provisions in the plan. From Center for Children and Families: Latest Blog Entry on the Senate Finance Bill and CHIP From Community Catalyst: Making Health Care More Affordable for Families: Priorities for [...]
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Insurance Industry Takes the Gloves Off While the Insurance industry has been using “guerrilla” tactics behind the scenes to undermine aspects of health reform all along – opposing strong Exchanges, a decent minimum benefit standard and eliminating discrimination based on age and health status – a report commissioned (and heavily advertised) by the insurance industry [...]
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In addition to these newer campaigns, some small businesses have dealt with the U.S. Chamber’s extremism in more creative ways. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce offers an alternative for small businesses that want to be part of a business association but don’t agree with the U.S. Chamber’s anti-consumer policies. They have been fighting [...]
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By Ashley Fletcher Frampton aframpton@scbiznews.com Originally published Sept. 28, 2009 Many small-business owners in South Carolina are too busy to keep up with the complex health care reform policy proposals that Congress is debating. But they know one thing: The current cost of health insurance for very small groups is stifling their growth and hurting [...]
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