Whether smokers should pay more is among the questions in California health care debate

The Sacramento Bee reports:

Should smokers pay more for health insurance?

The issue was one of several that California lawmakers considered this week as they sent Gov. Jerry Brown bills that carry out the federal health care overhaul by 2014.

Health organizations successfully won provisions that prohibit insurers from charging tobacco users higher premiums on the individual market.

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