Professional
enrollment support is available for all of the benefit plans listed on this page.
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Most Liberal Eligibility
Most Affordable
Long Term Major Medical
Dental Insurance
Online Life Insurance
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South Carolina Affordable Health Insurance Exchange
South Carolina has 35
commercial health
insurance companies
and 27 small group
health insurance
plans
as well as
state-sponsored
South Carolina
Health Insurance
Pool health plan for residents
who have been denied
coverage under a
commercial insurance
plan. These
standard health
insurance plans may
not be affordable to
all residents. This Web page lists some of the most popular low cost commercial health insurance plans and related benefits. All of these policies offer secure online enrollment and professional OnlineAdviser personal enrollment support. Please note that while many of these choices could be included in more than one of the suggested usage categories, each plan is listed only once for the sake of brevity. Your enrollment adviser is available to discuss suitability of any plan for your specific situation.
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South Carolina insurance & benefit news
South Carolina had the
24th lowest health insurance costs of all states in 2008 with an average family premium of $12,068 per year.
(The average annual
premium for a U.S.
family covered under
an
employer-sponsored
health plan in 2008
was $12,298
according to
The
Commonwealth Fund
report. The
overall quality of
health care
ranked 33rd out of
the 51 states
(including DC).
South Carolina regulates the benefits required for both
individual major
medical and group
health insurance
plans, known as
"mandated benefits".
Short Term Insurance
Intermediate Term
Supplemental Insurance
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South Carolina Insurance Law
The
South Carolina Department
of Insurance Web site contains
a link to insurance
bulletins and legal
orders. The full
text of
insurance laws can
be found on the
state legislature's
Web site.
The Web site has not yet
developed resources
to help individuals
find
commercial low cost
health plans like
mini-med or core
coverage, specific
illness policies,
supplemental
insurance and
basic health
insurance.
The state insurance department can be reached by telephone at (803) 737-6160 or by mail at P O Box 100105 Columbia, SC 29202.
The state children's
health insurance
plan (CHIP) Web site
is
South Carolina Healthy Connections.
Non-insurance Discount Plans
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Consumer Insurance Issues
5/14/2010 Diabetes Coverage: A new resource to help find
health
insurance for diabetics in South Carolina is now available at Freedom Benefits.
3/23/2010 South Carolina and ten other
states including Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington will make a joint legal
challenge to the federal health reform bill on the basis that it improperly
usurps state sovereignty over health insurance and that requiring health
insurance is an illegal and improper government action.
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