South Carolina ranked 48th in a new state-by-state healthcare quality and cost analysis index published by the Phia Group.

Spending on home healthcare has grown by 24.8% over the past 18 months, more than double the growth in personal healthcare spending overall.

But the bigger employer benefit cost — about 8% of total compensation — is health insurance. And in 2024, the premiums your employer paid went up faster than most things, besides eggs. “So health care ...