Small Business Owners Hope for Affordable Healthcare
Robert Kouvolo, President of MaxPT in Easley, is one of 5,000 individuals in South Carolina hoping for an affordable health insurance option.
Small businesses across the state are still hoping for a new way to provide affordable healthcare for employees, and the South Carolina Health Cooperative has been working to make that happen. Robert Kouvolo, President of Maximum Potential Training in Easley, is one of 5,000 initial members of the healthcare co-op who is hoping for approval by the S.C. Department of Insurance. Kouvolo was ready for retirement in 2008 when he sold his interest in a company he helped create. A struggling economy and costly health insurance premiums forced him back into a tight job market. When he began looking for a job in early 2009, the 61-year-old Easley resident found his experience and knowledge in the field of corporate logistics weren't outweighing …
Bob Kouvolo
11:12 am on Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Sylvia, I appreciate the interest in helping. As recently as June, I'd talked with a couple of health insurance reps & received the same answer. They can't cover us. The interesting thing is that there is a program out there for individuals with pre-exisitng conditions under the Dept of Health & Human Services that is far less expensive, BUT you have to not have had health insuarnce coverage for … more ›