I love voting!
When I was young, my parents would take my siblings and me to the polling place with them and let us “push the buttons.” As we got older, we would get to wear the “I Voted” stickers to school and be all cool. Election Day was a treat- a special day to look forward to.
I waited [...]
The South Carolina Senate voted against the healthcare cuts that passed the House last week. Because of the Senate’s refusal to cut HIV/AIDS funding and cancer screenings, the budget moves to a conference committee, where representatives from both the House and Senate will work together to find a compromise.
The major issue at hand is finding [...]
In the latest budget negations, the South Carolina House cut $50 million- primarily from health care appropriations. The cuts include removing $5.6 million for AIDS prevention and treatment, including two programs that help AIDS patients purchase their life-saving prescriptions. The cuts limit patients on state-funded Medicaid to only 3 prescriptions a month, and removed all $4 million for state-funded [...]
