Critics worry cigarette tax plan has constitutional flaw

Saturday, November 12, 2005

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Some legislators are worried that a proposed constitutional amendment to increase cigarette taxes for health care has language that could tie their hands in setting Medicaid spending.

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