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Mittwoch, 25. April 2012

Cigarette Price Increase for Medicaid?

Von buycigarettes, 12:06

Medicaid is facing a 33% funding cut this year, and physicians will have to make some drastic adjustments if they continue serving Medicaid patients. Deborah Tucker, CEO of Maude Whatley Health Services in West Alabama, says it is her understanding that healthcare providers will only be able to prescribe one brand-name medication and four total prescriptions, despite a patient's medical condition.

Rep. Joe Hubbard D-Montgomery says most don't realize that the Medicaid cuts will impact the state as a whole by potentially closing pediatricians offices, nursing homes, and community healthcare centers.

That's why Hubbard is proposing two bills that would essentially add a dollar 'user fee' to cigarettes. That user fee money would be earmarked for Medicaid. Hubbard says even with the dollar increase, Alabama would remain below the nation's median average for cigarette prices.

Hubbard says he chose the user fee on the portion of the state's population that voluntarily smokes because Alabama currently has one of the lowest costs for cigarettes in the country. However, Alabama's fees on alcohol are actually in the top five highest for the country.