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NAACP Supports California Proposition 86 to Fund Universal Health Care for Children ; Tobacco taxes would raise billions of dollars for health care.

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Byline: STEVE McMORRAN

To: State Desk

Contact: John C. White of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 410-580-5127; Web: http://www.naacp.org

BALTIMORE, Oct. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Board of Directors voted today to endorse California ballot Proposition 86 that would raise billions of dollars for hospitals and fund universal children's health insurance, anti-tobacco programs and health education programs by increasing taxes on tobacco.

"From our earliest days, the health status of African- Americans has been a major…

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