As a pediatrician in Columbia, I read with concern the article “Many SC parents could lose coverage in Medicaid plan,” on January 6, 2019. The article discusses the proposed work requirements for Medicaid coverage in S.C. and states that “between 5,000 and 14,000 parents would lose their Medicaid coverage in the first year such a policy is in force.” We know that children are more likely to lose their insurance if their parents have lost their own health insurance coverage. We also know that the number of children in South Carolina who were uninsured increased by 10,000 from 2016 to 2017 (according to the U.S. Census Bureau and Georgetown University), resulting in 5.1 percent of South Carolina’s children now lacking health insurance. We cannot afford for this number to increase further.
A look back at political events, trends, stories, personalities and crises both real and imagined, through the always-skeptical eyes of the Lexington Herald-Leaders Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
A look back at this year's local, state and national issues in the news, as viewed and captured by the Observer's Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Kevin Siers
South Carolina baseball coach Mark Kingston discusses the Gamecocks' walk-off wild pitch win on Sunday against Liberty and the importance of winning the first series of the season for USC.
