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June 3, 2009

SALTER – Will health care be cheaper without the hospital tax?

Will health care be cheaper without the hospital tax? Few public policy initiatives in Mississippi have generated more heated arguments than the so-called “hospital tax” or provider assessment as a means to fund Medicaid – the federal-state program that provides health care for the poor, the blind, the disabled and children. Gov. Haley Barbour has…