Kansas Medicaid Strategy Would Raise Tobacco Taxes

NPR | By Peter Hancock of Kansas Public Radio

Published March 11, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius proposes to raise tobacco taxes in Kansas to fund expansion of Medicaid and other health care programs.

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