Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Obamacare Targets Smokers With Higher Premiums
Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because
of tobacco penalties in President Obama’s health-care law, according to
experts who are teasing out the potential impact of a little-noted
provision in the massive legislation. The Affordable Care Act — or “Obamacare” — allows health insurers to
charge smokers buying individual policies up to 50 percent higher
premiums starting next Jan. 1. For a 55-year-old smoker, the penalty could reach nearly $4,250 a
year. A 60-year-old could wind up paying nearly $5,100 on top of
premiums...more
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