Doctor Wipes Away $650,000 in Debt From 200 Cancer Patients Bills
On 12/31/20 at 10:30 AM EST
A doctor has wiped away $650,000 in debt for nearly 200 of his patients with cancer. Dr. Omar Atiq, an oncologist who founded a cancer treatment center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, sent out a holiday greeting to patients before Christmas, letting them know their outstanding payments would be cleared. I hope this note finds you well. The Arkansas Cancer Clinic was proud to serve you as a patient. Although various health insurers pay most of the bills for [the] majority of patients, even the deductibles and co-pays can be burdensome, the card read as reported by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
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Starting Jan. 1, e-cigarette and vaping products will also be taxed for the first time.
Posted: Dec 28, 2020 4:49 PM
Updated: Dec 28, 2020 5:54 PM
Posted By: Jacob Roberts
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Oregon will soon have the sixth-highest cigarette tax in the nation when increased tobacco taxes take effect in the new year.
Voters passed Measure 108 by an overwhelming margin in November with 66% of Oregonians voting yes.
Starting Jan. 1, cigarette taxes will go up $2 per pack, and for the first time, there will be a tax on e-cigarettes and vaping products. Merchants will see a 65% increase on their wholesale price.
Oregon Vape Society owner Eric Pinnell said customers won’t see that high of a mark-up on his store shelves when all is said and done.
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Jonathan Shaer
Executive Director of the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association, based in Stoughton; Needham resident
Jonathan Shaer
Prohibiting the sale of flavored tobacco by licensed retailers in Massachusetts was an ill-conceived, excessive policy that has failed by every measure and should be repealed.
The focus of the law should be restricting all points of youth access to vape, including online and social sources, and curtailing the myriad flavors that make it so attractive to underage youth. Period. Yet, the governor signed into law a policy that goes well beyond vape to include menthol cigarettes and mint/wintergreen smokeless tobacco â both adult products â with consequences for the state, small businesses, and minority adults.