Healthcare/Hospital Law
Oct. 27, 2006
Tobacco Tax Measure's Antitrust Provision Stirs Debate
LOS ANGELES - The highly publicized Proposition 86 would raise an additional $2.60 in taxes for every pack of cigarettes sold in the state and would funnel much of that money into hospital emergency departments.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The highly publicized Proposition 86 would raise an additional $2.60 in taxes for every pack of cigarettes sold in the state and would funnel much of that money into hospital emergency departments. A clause buried in the proposition also would allow hospitals to receive unprecedented immunity from state and federal antitrust laws, in developing emergency...
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