South Carolina: Round 1 - State Level Field Network Study of the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

This report is part of a series of 21 state and regional studies examining the rollout of the ACA. The national network -- with 36 states and 61 researchers -- is led by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York, the Brookings Institution, and the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.South Carolina has its work cut out for it. As a state with one of the highest poverty rates and poorest health outcomes indicators, one thing stakeholders from all perspectives agree on is the need for improvement in the state's health status. Successful implementation of the ACA in South Carolina -- for those who believe that is the goal -- will require building greater public understanding of the ACA and enrolling all who are eligible in a state in which government distrust is high and public insurance program take-up rates have traditionally been low. It will also require a shift in position on the Medicaid expansion option. As long as the state's poorest uninsured remain without assistance, the aims of the ACA to promote widespread access to health care will never be realized

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This report provides the results of a cultural resources investigation of an approximately 0.75 mile of corridor proposed for the use of a transmission line. The work is intended to assist this client comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

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This study provides the results of a cultural resources investigation of a 1.2 mile transmission line and substation situated in the northwestern portion of Richland County, South Carolina. The study was conducted by Dr. Michael Trinkley of Chicora Foundation for Mr. Tommy Jackson of Central Electric Power Cooperative and is intended to assist the client comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the regulations codified in 36CFR800

Assessment of Crash Location Improvements in Map-Based Geocoding Systems and Subsequent Benefits to Geospatial Crash Analysis

According to the 2012 South Carolina Traffic Collison Fact Book, a fatality occurs in South Carolina every 10.9 hours and an injury every 16.3 minutes. These rates rank among the highest in the country. Furthermore, South Carolina incurs over two billion dollars in economic loss annually due to road traffic crashes. The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS), has undertaken a series of initiatives in an effort to reduce the number of vehicle crashes, especially injury and fatal crashes that occur every year in South Carolina. One of these initiatives is the deployment of a map-based crash geocoding system that has greatly improved the quality of the location data. My thesis examines the progression in crash location data quality in South Carolina by reviewing improvements made to crash data collection methods over recent years and analyzing subsequent benefits of having higher quality crash data from a spatial analysis standpoint. Geographic Information System (GIS) analytical tools are used to help assess improvements in geocoding accuracy. A case study evaluation of driveway related crashes, occurring in close proximity to intersections is presented as one of the many benefits of having more spatially accurate crash data

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This report provides the results of a cultural resources investigation of the new Eastover 115kV substation lot, situated in southern Richland County, about 21 miles southeast of Columbia. The work· is intended to assist the Central Electric comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act