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Author Archives: Chip
Assessing 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 determine the familiarity of the focus groups with the actual legislation, in order to assess the validity of their opinions? Continue reading
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 insurance exchange concept did not play a key role in selection of focus groups, according to discussions during the Oct. 6 Health Planning Committee Meeting. Continue reading
The Difference Between State – and Federally-Based Exchanges
During the Oct. 6 Health Planning Committee Meeting, Sen. Mike Rose asks about the difference between a state and federal health exchange? A S.C.-based exchange would give the state more control over health insurance concerns than a federal exchange, Rose is told. Continue reading
Ag Commissioner Seeks Money for Alternative Energy
S.C. Agriculture Commission Hugh Weathers requests an interim adjustment of a little more than $600,000 from the Joint Other Funds Oversight Committee during an Oct. 5 meeting. Continue reading
Boles on How Other Funds are Recorded
Les Boles of the Office on State Budget tells Joint Other Funds Oversight Committee members how other funds are recorded in the state budget during an Oct. 5 meeting. Continue reading
Overview of Other Funds Laid Out
Les Boles of the Office on State Budget gives a quick overview of the other funds budgeting process during the Oct. 5 meeting of the Joint Other Funds Oversight Committee. By definition, anything that is not spent out of the General Fund pot and is not federal funds is other funds in our accounting system,” Boles says. Continue reading
Keel: SLED Takes What it Can Get
SLED Director Mark Keel admits to a Midlands-area high school class that when it comes to budget time, he’s not in a position to do much compromising. Continue reading
What Agriculture Means to South Carolina
Assistant Commission of Agriculture Martin Eubanks describes agribusiness to a Midlands-area high school class.
Currently, the economic impact of agribusiness on South Carolina’s economy is $34 billion. The goal is to raise that figure to $50 billion by 2020, Eubanks says. Continue reading
Ballentine Urges Holistic Approach to Improving Education
South Carolinians need to refocus the debate regarding improving education, S.C. State Rep. Nathan Ballentine tells a Midlands-area high school class. The debate shouldn’t be public school versus private school or public school versus home schooling, Ballentine says, but how … Continue reading
Ballentine: How to Get People to Come to S.C.
S.C. State Rep. Nathan Ballentine tells a Midlands-area high school class what he feels it will take to continue to attract people to South Carolina. Continue reading
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