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2025 South Carolina Snapshot

The Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were selected […]

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South Carolina DPH Releases Data on Prescription Trends

The South Carolina Department of Public Health released its 2024 prescription drug report, highlighting shifting trends in controlled substance use, reports Spectrum News 13. The annual report found that, although overall prescriptions for controlled substances have declined, stimulant use has increased, and ketamine prescriptions rose by 120% since 2020. Nurse practitioners now lead prescribing for ketamine, signaling a change […]

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South Carolina

The Health Care Value Hub’s 2026 Health Care Affordability State Policy Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders with a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states.  The Snapshot explores policies impacting health care affordability across four domains:​​​​​​  Policies were selected based on whether they have the potential to impact health care affordability or access to […]

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South Carolina Snapshot 2024

The 2024 Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were […]

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