The Oddities of Surveying Opinions on the Federal Health Care Overhaul
Focus group members who were questioned about the health insurance exchange concept were selected through physician recommendation, reputation or other arbitrary means.Specific knowledge of the health...
View ArticleAssessing Health Exchange Focus Groups
During the Oct. 6 Health Planning Committee Meeting, members discuss results of focus groups that were asked questions regarding the health insurance exchange.One member asks what means were used to...
View ArticleHefty Agency Budget Hikes Requested for FY 2014
Five state agencies, including three colleges and universities, would see their general fund budgets more than double next fiscal year, under their proposed spending plans released Friday by the...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Citizens Plead with Lawmakers to ‘Nullify’ Obamacare; Second...
Fifteen states reportedly have current moves to “nullify” the impact of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in their states.
View ArticleOn Uncompensated Care in U.S., It’s All About Money for Hospitals, Expert Claims
As the S.C. House of Representatives begins debate on the 2013-14 budget in about 10 days, one of the biggest issues focuses on whether South Carolina will expand Medicaid under new federal health...
View ArticleWalter Williams To Testify at Second Hearing on Bill To ‘Nullify’ Obamacare
A second hearing is set for Wednesday on a state House bill that would fine, imprison, or both, any federal or state employee who attempts to implement the new federal health-care law.
View ArticleDoes Amended House Bill Nullify S.C.’s Efforts to Nullify Obamacare?
Some grassroots activists in South Carolina are angry that the attitude of “doing-something-is-better-than nothing” has trumped all of the rallies and work that have gone into “nullifying” the Patient...
View ArticleObamacare ‘Nullification’ Bill Has No Teeth; Passes House Judiciary Committee
The S.C. House Judiciary Committee voted 14-9 along party lines Tuesday to send an amended Obamacare “nullification” bill to the full House without any enforcement mechanism.
View ArticleObamacare ‘Nullification’ Supporters to Push New Strategy in the Senate
Fresh off their legislative victory in the S.C. House, supporters of the move for South Carolina to not comply with the implementation of the federal health-care law known as "Obamacare" are now...
View ArticleSupporters of Obamacare ‘Nullification’ Contend Bill Still Alive
Three proponents of a state bill calling for South Carolina to resist, or “nullify,” the federal health-care law known as “Obamacare” say the legislation remains alive despite the Senate’s failure to...
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