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Up in Smoke: The Taxpayer Cost of Medicaid Smoking in Arizona (Audio)
Katie Ratlief, Executive Director of Common Sense Institute Arizona, joins the podcast to break down CSI Arizona’s new report on the public cost of smoking — and why the burden doesn’t stop with personal health.
Ratlief, who previously served in senior leadership roles in Governor Doug Ducey’s administration, now leads CSI Arizona’s work as a non-partisan research organization focused on the fiscal and economic impact of public policy in Arizona. In this episode, she explains how cigarette smoking among Medicaid enrollees remains significantly higher than the statewide average, driving an…
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