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	<title>Comments on: SCHIP: Is Increasing The Tobacco Tax To Expand Coverage A Good Idea?</title>
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		<title>By: Friday Blog Roundup &#171; The Pump Handle</title>
		<link>http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/08/21/schip-is-increasing-the-tobacco-tax-to-expand-coverage-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-10088</link>
		<dc:creator>Friday Blog Roundup &#171; The Pump Handle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] At the Health Affairs Blog, Leonard Burman, Kim Reuben, and Genevieve Kenney explain why it makes sense to fund SCHIP with tobacco taxes. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Health Care BS</title>
		<link>http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/08/21/schip-is-increasing-the-tobacco-tax-to-expand-coverage-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-7974</link>
		<dc:creator>Health Care BS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;SCHIP Money: Taxing the Poor to Cover the Middle Class&lt;/strong&gt;

One of the most disgraceful features of the congressional initiative to expand SCHIP involves the plan to pay for it by taxing the poor. The architects of this strategy have consistently denied that their proposed tobacco tax will have this effect,...</description>
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<p>One of the most disgraceful features of the congressional initiative to expand SCHIP involves the plan to pay for it by taxing the poor. The architects of this strategy have consistently denied that their proposed tobacco tax will have this effect,&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Health Affairs Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Health Affairs Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The Health Affairs Blog is also publishing commentary on the SCHIP debate across the spectrum from Sarah Rosenbaum on the politics; Grace-Marie Turner on the September showdown; Leonard Burman, Kim Reuben and Genevieve Kenney on the tobacco tax; and Stan Dorn on expanding eligibility. And watch for upcoming blog posts from Nina Owcharenko of the Heritage Foundation and Cindy Mann of Georgetown University. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The Health Affairs Blog is also publishing commentary on the SCHIP debate across the spectrum from Sarah Rosenbaum on the politics; Grace-Marie Turner on the September showdown; Leonard Burman, Kim Reuben and Genevieve Kenney on the tobacco tax; and Stan Dorn on expanding eligibility. And watch for upcoming blog posts from Nina Owcharenko of the Heritage Foundation and Cindy Mann of Georgetown University. [...]</p>
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