The connection? No idea!
The Senate bill would impose a health tax of 5 percent on cosmetic procedures to choose from to help defray the cost of the reform of health care. Proponents say it would raise about $ 5 billion over 10 years to the pricetag of $ 849 billion current legislation.
But how fans and plastic surgery practitioners come to bear the burden of financing the reform of health insurance? The only thing we can understand is that it assumes that people get plastic surgery are rich and can afford to shell out a little more. Whatever the case, we can not help but see it is rather taxing creative.
Certainly, the market for cosmetic surgeries navigates through the bad economy. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported that 12 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 08, up 3 percent from 07.
Moreover, the measure could be less lucrative than proponents hope. In 04, the state of New Jersey passed a tax of 6 percent on plastic surgery that was expected to raise $ 24 million per year. But in 05, it has only about $ 7.5 million.
Of course, such provision "Botox" is not the only inventive in the proposed Senate bill, but it is certainly the joke ready. On reflection, perhaps it is simply the way Washington to finally get back to the old "Hollywood for ugly people" barb.
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