Call Your Congressman NOW

Every Democratic House Member needs to hear the message – multiple times – that we want them to pass the Senate bill; we cannot take any vote for granted. Action Steps Contact members of Congress to ask them to vote YES on the Senate bill Contact all Democratic Members – those who voted yes and [...]

Win! X 3:Save Lives ● Fund Medicaid ● Improve Health

  Help build a better and healthier South Carolina by saying YES! to raising the Cigarette Tax to fund our Medicaid health care programs. Over 700,000 South Carolinians, including over 100,000 children, were uninsured in South Carolina before the brunt of the recession hit. Smoking costs your household $524 a year in taxes because of [...]

Columbia Health Care Meeting about Cigarette Tax

DID YOU KNOW that raising the Cigarette Tax will save lives, improve health and make money for you, your family and your community? Help build a better and healthier South Carolina by saying YES to the Cigarette Tax to help fund health care programs! Please attend and bring your friends, family and neighbors to a [...]

Community Catalyst Health Care Reform Insider

Of Doughnuts and Dragons: The Health Reform Insider Though a series of critical votes happened in the last month, not to mention the holidays, the issues that define negotiations between the House and Senate remain largely the same (check out our list if you need a refresher). Here’s an update on a few of those, [...]

Sue Berkowitz Testifies in front of House Budget Committee

(Gannett Washington Bureau) – The federal government must provide more economic aid to South Carolina, especially to help unemployed and low-income people weather the recession, an advocate told lawmakers Wednesday. Susan Berkowitz, director of S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center in Columbia, testified at a House Budget Committee hearing on how the recession and the $787 [...]

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