Paying for Medicaid with Cigarette Taxes
Illinois’ Medicaid program faces a $2.7 billion shortage that its governor has promised to deal with. So how does Gov. Pat Quinn propose to close the fiscal gap for his biggest budget item and largest health program? By relying on the state’s smokers to keep puffing — and paying — away.
http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/07/reason-writers-around-town-peter-suderma