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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Financing Health Care Reform
A Plan to Ensure the Cost of Reform Is Budget-Neutral
David M. Cutler and Judy Feder

pg. 3 Additional revenue

A third option is sin taxes. Taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages reduce consumption of these products, thus contributing to the overall health of the American people, and raise significant revenue—an estimated $200 billion over the next decade.


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