Healthcare

Analysis: SC’s contentious healthcare restructuring bill

If you have seen our weekly updates, read the local paper, or spent time on social media, you have probably heard about a contentious bill that would consolidate numerous health departments under a single executive agency. The measure (S.915) is the second phase of a two-part restructuring effort that began...

Sam Aaron

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May 31, 2024

  • Analysis: SC’s contentious healthcare restructuring bill

    If you have seen our weekly updates, read the local paper, or spent time on social media, you have probably heard about a contentious bill that would consolidate numerous health departments under a single executive agency. The measure (S.915) is the second phase of a two-part restructuring effort that began...
    Sam Aaron

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    May 31, 2024

  • Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk

    Lawmakers this week passed a historic bill that largely repeals South Carolina’s Certificate of Need program – a key policy priority on SCPC’s 2023-24 Legislative Agenda and a huge win for medical freedom.   The House amended and unanimously passed the bill Tuesday. The following day, the Senate agreed to the version and gave it...
    Sam Aaron

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    May 05, 2023

  • Certificate of Need repeal passes major legislative hurdle

    A proposal that would improve access to healthcare services and reduce medical costs passed a major legislative hurdle this week. The bill (S.164), advanced by the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee on Wednesday with amendments, would largely eliminate state Certificate of Need (CON) requirements for healthcare providers,...
    Sam Aaron

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    April 28, 2023