Columbia, SC The South Carolina Department of Insurance provides consumer and contact information, as well as other programs for which you may be eligible, at https://www.doi.sc.gov/Eng/Public/Consumer/Consumer.aspx or 1-800-768-3467. The South Carolina Health Insurance Pool is administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield. For more information on this plan, call BCBS at 1-800-868-2500 ext 46401 or visit http://www.state.sc.us/ddsn/pubs/now/health.htm. Partners for Health (Medicaid), is managed by The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and information is available at http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/beneficiaries.asp or 1-888-549-0820. Partners for Healthy Children, is a program that provides Medicaid coverage for children who live in families with income at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Level. Information is available at 1-888-549-0820 or http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/insidedhhs/bureaus/bureauofeligibilityprocessing/phc.asp The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program provides aid - including health insurance assistance - to trade displaced workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced. Health care benefits include a 65% advanceable and refundable tax credit that can be used for health insurance coverage such as COBRA or continuing individual market coverage. Those with questions about their eligibility or the program may call the Health Coverage Tax Credit Customer Contact Center at 1-866-628-4282, or go to www.IRS.gov (key word HCTC).