Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » health insurance http://newstalk870.am Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:37:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Smokers Could be Priced Out of Health Insurance by Obamacare http://newstalk870.am/smokers-could-be-priced-out-of-health-insurance-by-obamacare/ http://newstalk870.am/smokers-could-be-priced-out-of-health-insurance-by-obamacare/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:30:50 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=119536 A little-known provision in the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) will allow insurance companies to charge premiums that are up to 50 percent higher for those who smoke.

Starting next Jan. 1,

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/smokers-could-be-priced-out-of-health-insurance-by-obamacare/feed/ 0 (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Watch Out for 5 New Obamacare Taxes to Hit the Middle Class in 2013 http://newstalk870.am/watch-out-for-five-new-obamacare-taxes-that-will-hit-middle-class-starting-2013/ http://newstalk870.am/watch-out-for-five-new-obamacare-taxes-that-will-hit-middle-class-starting-2013/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:00:07 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=97949 So much for his talk of taxing the rich. Obama's new health care taxes will mostly impact middle-class Americans and many seniors.

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