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The Make-A-Wish Foundation(R) Receives $1 Million Donation from LATISSE(R) Wishes Campaign; Contribution Will Help Grant More Than 135 Wishes for Children
PR Newswire
December 17, 2009
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Breast-Enlargement Tax That Failed Taints U.S. Plan (Correct)
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A tax on breast enhancements and other cosmetic care, similar to one proposed in the U.S. Senate’s health-overhaul legislation, doesn’t generate even a third of the $30 million a year originally projected for it in New Jersey, the only state with such a levy.
That program, begun in 2004, grossed about $9 million last year, according to data from the state’s legislative services office. That doesn’t include the cost of administering the 6 percent levy, which the office doesn’t have figures on. The 5 percent U.S. tax pushed by Senate Democrats seeks to gain $6 billion...
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Health care bill tucks in 5 percent tax on cosmetic procedures
Soothing classical music plays in the background as the surgeon snips thin threads hanging from the corners of the patient's eyes.
Finished with the scissors, Dr. Daniel Teet tells her that everything went well in the hour-long procedure, adding that she should expect little discomfort during the six days until he removes her stitches. The Chicago woman, who asked that her name be withheld, appears relaxed and insists to observers in the operating room that she feels fine after the surgery that lifted and tightened her upper eyelids.
This is not her first trip to his Renaissance Cosmetic Surgery Center and Day...
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'Tis the Season for Gifting Cosmetic Surgery
However, discuss procedure with recipient beforehand
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Maybe you've received eye-opening holiday gifts in the past such as new electronics, an exciting vacation or that car you have always craved. The gift of cosmetic surgery is not a new phenomenon, but many are going that route this holiday season as husbands and wives yearn for that perfect present to their loved one.
"It's the season of giving and cosmetic surgery can fit into that category just as easily as some of the more traditional gifts out there," said Dr. Patrick McMenamin, MD, President of the American Academy...
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Allergan, Others Fight Tax on Botox, Cosmetic Surgery
Analyst: Masimo’s Oxygen Monitor Best in Market; Edwards Lifesciences Fund Grants $1.8M
By VITA REED
Orange County Business Journal Staff
Irvine drug maker Allergan Inc., its competitors and cosmetic surgeons are gearing up to battle against a proposed tax to help pay for healthcare reform.
A 10-year, nearly $1 trillion health reform proposal introduced about two weeks ago by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has...
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Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help fund health plan
Vanity an easy target as lawmakers scrape for cash to expand health care
WASHINGTON - They call it the "Botax."
The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.
Vanity was an easy target as lawmakers scraped for cash for the nearly $1 trillion plan to expand health care to millions of Americans who lack insurance. But it's no joke to the drug makers and people who perform the cosmetic nips and tucks. And they're fighting back.
Skin-smoothing...