Job-based health insurance costs could rise
Getting health insurance through your job is about to get more expensive.
Health Insurance
Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications
Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025.
Molina Healthcare expanding Insurance Marketplace to 13 new counties in SC
On Monday, Molina Healthcare of South Carolina announced that they will be expanding their Insurance Marketplace to 13 additional counties in South Carolina. According to Molina Healthcare, the 13 counties are Berkeley, Darlington, Dorchester, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Horry, Laurens, Newberry, Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter, and Union.
ACA enrollment up by 21 percent among South Carolinians, with eight days remaining to enroll
Enrollment in a health insurance plan on HealthCare.gov is up by 21 percent from last year among South Carolina residents, with a little more than a week to go in the open enrollment period, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Library assists hundreds during open enrollment, encourages others to seek help
With less than two weeks to go until open enrollment ends, Richland Library is making a final push to get people insured before it’s too late.
GOP Health Care Bill Collapses
ABC NEWS– President Donald Trump says the health care overhaul bill fell short because is lacked Democratic support. The President cancelled the House Vote late Friday. ABC’S Stephanie Ramos has more on the no vote and what’s next. Categories: National News, News, Politics, State Tags: Health Insurance, President
Open Enrollment Now Underway
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Open enrollment is now underway for healthcare coverage. Experts say the plans will cost you more this year. Some of you in Columbia could see an increase of as much as 29 percent for the Affordable Care Act’s silver benchmark plan. University of South Carolina clinical associate professor and economist Robert Hartwig explains the timing. “We have seen a…
Report: SC Workers Make Less, Pay More for Benefits
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A report on state workers’ salaries shows they’re underpaid compared with their counterparts in other states and local governments within South Carolina, plus they give up more of their paycheck for health care and retirement benefits than other public workers. Rep. Mike Pitts said Friday the findings confirm what he thought when he pushed for the…
