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End of healthcare credits affects more than 500K in South Carolina
The end of the enhanced premium tax credits on Dec. 31 threatens to send hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians’ health insurance premiums skyrocketing in the new year. Premium tax…
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SC is seeking $1B for rural health care. Here’s what the state wants to do with the federal money.
The state’s 60-page application will be explained in a webinar next week COLUMBIA — Putting more medical care on wheels. Converting vacated buildings. Encouraging doctors and doctors-in-training to work in…
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Over 600k South Carolinians facing skyrocketing health insurance costs
As open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage is set to start on Saturday, more than 630,000 South Carolinians are at risk of seeing their health insurance premiums double due…
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Health insurance premiums could double for 632K in SC with subsidy cuts
When open enrollment begins for almost 632,000 South Carolinians on Saturday, they may see their health insurance premiums more than double, according to reports from nonprofit health research organization KFF.…
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South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health Hosts Education Session on Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Deaths in the Upstate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (October 30, 2025) – The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to collectively inform policy to improve health and health…
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SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health Hosts Education Session on the Health Care Workforce and Improving Access to Care in the Pee Dee
COLUMBIA, S.C. (September 24, 2025) – The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to collectively inform policy to improve health and health…
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South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health Hosts Education Session on Supporting Vulnerable Populations through Disaster
COLUMBIA, S.C. (August 28, 2025) – The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to collectively inform policy to improve health and health…
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Will One Big Beautiful Bill rescue South Carolina’s rural hospitals? Or break them?
Cuts to Medicaid, as outlined in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), are not expected to have an outsized effect on South Carolinians who use Medicaid. That’s because South Carolina…
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Big Beautiful Bill stirs worry for S.C. moms’ care
CHARLESTON, S.C. – President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could impact maternal healthcare, which is already fragile in South Carolina. The state received an “F” from March of…