States taxing medical-use marijuana costing patients, experts say
State Assemblyman John DiMaio introduced a bill to cut the tax immediately, with no phase-out, but his effort failed to gain needed support. DiMaio said the Senate bill, now in the Assembly, doesn't do enough.
"On top of that, patients don't get any kind of help from their health insurers to this type of medication. They are paying the full tilt," he said.
Attention to the issue is beginning to spread among other lawmakers in the state, which -- at 7 percent -- has one of the country's' highest tax rates for medical pot.