South Carolina - Employer Insurance Lost
240,405 South Carolina Residents Would Lose Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Under McCain Health Plan
Two new reports from the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Economic Policy Institute found that 240,405 South Carolina, 10.4% of people with employer-sponsored coverage, would lose their job-related health benefits under the McCain health care plan.
Why?
Because Senator McCain’s plan would tax employees on the value of their employer-provided health insurance, leading many companies to stop offering health benefits altogether. For example, if you make $45,000 a year and your employer pays $12,000 a year for your family’s health insurance coverage, you would have to pay taxes on an annual income of $57,000. (Learn more about why Senator McCain’s plan would have such a devastating effect on hard-working families across the country.)
With that one change, Senator McCain’s plan would:
- Threaten the coverage of 2,309,793 people in South Carolina who receive health benefits through work.
- Put at special risk coverage for people under 65 in South Carolina struggling with diseases like cancer and diabetes who are now covered through their jobs, and who would not be able to buy insurance in the individual market because of their pre-existing condition.
- Raise taxes on the people of South Carolina who get health insurance benefits through their job.
Read the full South Carolina report (PDF).
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