Scarcnet News Summaries (Advocacy Institute)
Massachusetts Governor Wants Settlement Money To Go To Health Care Needs
Date: 22 Jan 1999
Length: pages
Length: pages
Abstract
Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci (R) has proposed using all of Massachusetts' $7.6 billion from the tobacco settlement to improve healthcare for children, the elderly and the needy. Governor Cellucci's plan would deposit the money in a trust fund that would "become a perpetual source of revenue for health care programs and will guarantee the money is spent only on protecting and improving the public health."
Source: "Mass. Vows To Use Tobacco Windfall For Healthcare," REUTERS (on-line), January 21, 1999.