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Prop. 86 Pits Tobacco Against Hospitals
Submitted by Mark Matthews on 10.30.2006
KGO - A hotly contested ballot proposition has pitted hospitals against tobacco companies. The tobacco companies are outspending hospitals to defeat Proposition 86 -- that's the measure that would triple the tax on cigarettes.
For The Record
Submitted by John R. Graham on 10.25.2006
"States Take Lead on Health Care As Budget Pinch Forces Reform" (A1, Oct. 11) quotes me inaccurately and out of context, leading the reader to believe that I approve of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's discount prescription drug plan for the uninsured.
Prop. 86 feeds hospital addiction to cigarette money
Submitted by John R. Graham on 10.15.2006
Selling cigarettes is still a profitable enterprise, despite decades of government action. What to do next in the never-ending war against the demon weed? One health-care interest group has a whopper of an idea.
Americans for Prosperity to Kick Off Statewide 'California Taxpayer Trust Tour'' on Oct. 23
Submitted on 10.10.2006
SAN FRANCISCO – Proposition 86 will reduce patient focus, competition among California hospitals, harm smokers, draw more kids into government-run health care programs, and create a violent bootlegging trend, according to “Keep Tobacco Money Out of Our Hospitals,” a new voter-education pamphlet released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California. The new pamphlet is part of
a Decision 2006 policy series published by PRI.
Proposition 86 Guarantees California Hospitals a River of Cash with No Accountability
Submitted on 10.10.2006
SAN FRANCISCO – Proposition 86 will reduce patient focus, competition among California hospitals, harm smokers, draw more kids into government-run health care programs, and create a violent bootlegging trend, according to “Keep Tobacco Money Out of Our Hospitals,” a new voter-education pamphlet released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California. The new pamphlet is part of
a Decision 2006 policy series published by PRI.
Fight Medicaid Monster, not Wal-Mart
Submitted by John R. Graham on 10.9.2006
This summer, a federal court overturned Maryland's so-called Fair Share Health Care law. This law would have forced large employers, primarily Wal-Mart, to spend at least 8 percent of their payrolls on health care or contribute an equal amount to Maryland Medicaid. This wrongheaded bill arose from the notion that Wal-Mart relies on Medicaid to provide health care to many of its employees, thus forcing other taxpayers to subsidize its labor costs.
Give HSAs a chance
Submitted by John R. Graham on 10.9.2006
Today, more than 3 million Americans have chosen health savings accounts for their health-care coverage, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, which also estimates that 21 million Americans will have invested in HSAs by 2010 -- not bad for a product the government only allowed in January 2004.
Proposition 86: Keep Tobacco Money Out of Our Hospitals
Submitted by John R. Graham, Joshua S. Treviño on 10.9.2006
"Prop. 86 guarantees California hospitals a 'river of cash' of $750 million over 1 percent of their current gross revenues for which they are entirely unaccountable" said John R. Graham, director of Health Care Studies at the PRI. It reduces their incentives to care for patients from whom they would earn less revenue and increases their dependency on tobacco money.
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