Friday, November 20, 2009
Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help fund health plan
On MSNBC.com, the associated press reports on a new proposal, that would tax plastic surgery, including breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures, to pay for a very expensive health plan overhaul. With this new tax, heath care would be spread to millions without insurance. The proposed tax would add an extra 5% to any cosmetic procedure, except those used to replace limbs to injured, or burn victims. While it is seen as a tax that will only hurt the wealthy, the majority of cosmetic patients earn from $30,000 to $90,000 a year. Although the new tax may put the price of cosmetic procedures too high for some people, that can't be a reason to not pass the proposed tax. As a society America can not put vanity over the well being of it's citizens, and by not passing this proposed tax, that is exactly what the United States will be doing.
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This tax is a great idea, these surgeries are completly elective, and the people getting them can afford to pay this new tax. And it is about time that the governement thing of a way to pay for this new health plan, better late than never.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ben and Josh. These surgeries really do nothing to make somebody healthier, so you might as well have them support a health plan that hopefully would. Maybe the people who earn from 30,000 to 90,000 should use the money to help pay for health insurance instead of plastic surgery.
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