Fact Based List:

Phil Galewitz: Smokers’ Ranks Look Conspicuously Sparse In Obamacare

  1. In Idaho, 17 percent of adults smoke, but fewer than 3 percent who bought coverage this year on the state’s insurance exchange paid the tobacco surcharge
  2. In Kentucky, more than a quarter of adults smoke regularly, but just 11 percent paid the tobacco surcharge
  3. In Minnesota, 18 percent of adults smoke, but under 5 percent paid the tobacco surcharge

Source: Kaiser Health News
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