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RE: Taxing smokers is unjust and ludacris

Comment comment by anthonyanthony on 18 December 2007

(Which for some was a big improvement over their past of: Cigarettes, Alcohol and Alcohol.)

sad, but truly hilarious.

So by having a cigarette tax of 61 cents, the poor would essentially (as statistics show) be funding their own program?

As per wikipedia:

"Among the groups of people served by Medicaid are eligible low-income parents, children, seniors, and people with disabilities. Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income."

And what SCHIP does is fund healthcare for children who belong to families who make too much for medicaid, but not enough to pay for their own healthcare.

Inevitably, yes. Some of the SCHIP-eligible are funding the program for their own use by purchasing cigarettes.

However, smokers already on Medicaid (who are on it because they live near the poverty line) would be paying for the children of middle-class families to obtain health care and services.

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RE: Taxing smokers is unjust and ludacris by ldsudduth :: NR6

In Pennsylvania, every child is eligible for CHIP/SCHIP, regardless of income. Depending on income, however, parents may have to pay upward of $150/child per month.

Here are the gory details.

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