To Fund the Expansion of Health Insurance Coverage of Children

question 6

Multiple Choice

To fund the expansion of health insurance coverage of children, Governor Kulongoski proposed an 84.5 cents per package increase in the state's cigarette tax. What was the result?

• A)The tobacco industry spent $11.4 million to defeat the measure on the basis that it was unfair to smokers and poorer people and an attack on freedom of choice.
• B)Democrats held a three-fifths supermajority in the legislature and enacted the tax increase.
• C)The measure was referred to the voters and passed with the support of nearly 90 health, business, union, education, and children's advocacy groups.
• D)The measure was revised to be a 1% health insurance assessment on the state's 26 largest hospitals and eight largest health insurance companies, which failed to pass because of the opposition of the hospitals and insurers.

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