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  • Smokers may get temporary break from Obamacare penalties

    07/09/2013 6:19:11 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 34 replies
    CBS News ^ | July 9, 2013
    Some smokers trying to get coverage next year under President Obama's health care law may get a break from tobacco-use penalties that could have made their premiums unaffordable. The Obama administration -- in yet another health care overhaul delay -- has quietly notified insurers that a computer system glitch will limit penalties that the law says the companies may charge smokers. A fix will take at least a year to put in place.