Last month, a state house meeting had observed the presence of state officials, legislators and residents, representing special interest, who were assembled to outline strategies for making a judgment on the buy and sell of health insurance.

The meeting had influenced the supervisory body and health care economists among their concerns that the South Carolina Health Planning Committee, furnished with a federal grant of $1 million, is lacking imperative early deadlines that could put federal grant money at risk, while the panel is reporting a vacant seat for a consumer advocate.

Additionally, the South Carolina is one out of the 26 states, to take legal action against the Federal government, in order to avoid the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, where all the states are required to establish health insurance exchanges, an online market where roughly 700,000 South Carolinians are believed to evaluate and purchase health insurance policies, from 2014 soon after the federal health care reform.

"States will have to meet certain milestones in order to be awarded grants in 2011, and the size of state awards may be related to the number of milestones met”, displayed the Federal Department website.

Meanwhile, South Carolina authorities had marked the federal implementation grants as most suited source for startup funding, in an application for the federal grant.