Our Education Policy Attorney Jennifer Rainville is in DC today for meetings with Congressional leaders on education policy. We have some exciting news about Jennifer out in our newsletter today! Full details soon.
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We joined 80+ consumer and advocacy groups in urging the Senate Banking Committee leadership to maintain the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's independent funding as well as its single director model.
Find the full comments from the 80+ groups here: ourfinancialsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
There will be a hearing on S777 on Feb 25 in RM 308 Gressette at 9 AM. The Senate is proposing to codify restrictions to SNAP eligible foods, making candy, soft drinks, etc. no longer eligible for purchase using SNAP. Your voice is needed! Email sberk@scjustice.org for help with testimonials. #scpol
"Sue Berkowitz, an attorney with the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, helped write the language of the bill. She said she heard from both renters and landlords pushing for a compromise."
We spoke with wyff4 about the eviction bill moving in the House: www.wyff4.com/article/sout...
Today is the day! Join hundreds of healthcare advocates around the state today in contacting your SC State Senator asking them to work on solutions to healthcare. Call script and details: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #scpol
Urge Members of Congress to cosponsor and support the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025, which repeals the cuts to SNAP.
Tell Congress to repeal the SNAP cuts using this action tool from @fracposts.bsky.social: secure.everyaction.com/Fmmxo-UVYE6J...
We are joining health advocates in SC to call our SC State Senator's office on Feb 17th and ask them to support commonsense solutions that help working South Carolinians who earn too much to qualify for assistance but cannot afford private health insurance. Join us on Tuesday. Script below. #scpol
Thank you to everyone who came out to hear our Education Policy Attorney Jennifer Rainville discuss Bill H.4757 on Parental Rights last night! We are grateful for the invite from Midlands APPLE’s to be part of their Learning Lab.
Hey Friends!
Our Education Policy Attorney Jennifer Rainville will be joining Midlands APPLE for their Learning Lab on Wednesday in Meeting Room M at Richland Library Main at 5:30 PM. She'll be unpacking everything about Bill H.4757 on Parental Rights. See you there!
Free education panel for parents in Lancaster this coming Thursday. We'll be joining partners to discuss IEP, 504s, and student's rights.
6-8 PM at the Historic Courthouse (104 N Main Street)
Our Founder/Director of Policy Sue Berkowitz spoke at the King Day at the Dome on Monday about the importance of protecting the ACA and expanding Medicaid in South Carolina.
Use our action tool to message Senators today to urge them to extend premium tax credits: www.votervoice.net/SCJustice/Ca...
📢 Thursday is the LAST day to enroll in health coverage for 2026 at healthcare.gov!
Follow along as Executive Director @awright2care.bsky.social breaks down what you need to know to enroll in health coverage before Thursday’s deadline.
Our Healthcare Program Manager Misa Bailey organized an ACA toolkit to help breakdown all the changes for this enrollment season. Find details on the changes and a simple tip sheet here: www.scjustice.org/aca-enrollme... (6/6)
If you are on auto-enrollment today, open your account information ASAP to see if there is a significant monthly premium on your account for 2026. It is important to take a look at your plan this year and see if the costs are within your budget. Many past enrollees are on auto-reenrollment. (5/6
Use our action tool today to reach out to your Congress member and ask them to extend enhanced premium tax credits. It takes less than a minute to send: www.votervoice.net/SCJustice/Ca... (4/6)
There is no plan for what will happen for people already enrolled in a plan for 2026 or for those who choose to opt out of ACA insurance due to costs if the Senate does move the bill forward at this moment. (3/6)
ACA plans as a result remain significantly higher due to the lack of enhanced premium tax credits in place for 2026. Open enrollment's last day is January 15th. (2/6)
UPDATE: The US House recently moved a bill to extend enhanced premium tax credits for the next three years. The bill currently sits with the US Senate. It must pass the Senate and be signed by the president in order to move forward. (1/6)
Last month our Director of Policy Sue Berkowitz and Special Projects Coordinator Anjani Moro helped lead a webinar and craft materials about the changes to SNAP for 2026 from HR1, the bill that passed last summer that greatly impacts the program.
Find it here: www.scjustice.org/snap-changes...
The US House on Thursday in a 230-196 vote passed a clean 3 year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits! This is a major win for South Carolinians who rely on affordable, quality insurance from the ACA.
Help urge SC Congress to vote YES on this bill: www.votervoice.net/SCJustice/Ca...
🚨BREAKING NEWS: House passes ACA Tax Credit Extension!
The House is taking up a vote for extending ACA coverage! Thousands in SC are looking at extremely high, unaffordable premiums today and facing a sharp deadline of January 15th for coverage in 2026. Help urge SC Congressional members to vote yes an extension using our action tool. #scpol
THANK YOU to everyone who attended our webinar on SNAP changes this past Monday!
You can find both the presentation recording and our accompanying fact sheet here: www.scjustice.org/snap-changes...
If Congress lets the enhanced premium tax credits expire, Barry Spickler, like millions of Americans, will go without health insurance coverage and risk a financial emergency that could bankrupt their family.
Urge Congressional leaders today to EXTEND enhanced premium tax credits today. Today's US Senate vote is critical in preserving affordable, accessible healthcare for thousands of South Carolinians.
TAKE ACTION HERE): www.votervoice.net/SCJustice/Ca...
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
The Senate votes today on extending premium tax credit enhancements that help 22M people afford coverage. Without an extension, premiums will spike starting Jan 1, leaving people with less coverage and higher costs: www.cbpp.org/blog/how-to-...
Cutting insurance for thousands will have both an immediate and long term implications as more and more South Carolinians face health challenges without any healthcare options available to them.
Urge Congressional leaders to EXTEND enhanced premium tax credits: www.votervoice.net/SCJustice/Ca...
A comment we've been getting a lot is "How does extending enhanced premium tax credits affected ME if I have employer insurance?" Quite a lot actually.
SC, ask leaders to extend enhanced premium tax credits today: www.votervoice.net/SCJustice/Ca...
⚠️ If ACA tax credits lapse, premiums will surge.
More than 22 million people rely on these credits today. Losing them will trigger sharp premium increases and a major affordability crisis.
Call your member of Congress today and urge them to extend ACA tax credits. Lives are on the line!
