Big Tax Burden on the Middle Class.

Big Tax Burden on the Middle Class.

Scottsdale – We can all do something to Stop the Cosmetic Tax. The U. S. Senate has added a provision that would add a five percent tax to “cosmetic surgery and medical procedures” to help cover the $849 billion price tag for health care reform.

The tax would cover any medical procedure deemed “not necessary to ameliorate a deformity arising from, or directly related to, a congenital abnormality, a personal injury resulting from an accident or trauma, or disfiguring disease.”

Because of this language, the tax could apply to a wide-range of treatments and surgeries designed to help enhance a patient’s self-confidence and create self-improvement. The tax will likely include charges to treatments with botulinum toxin, dermal filler injections, laser hair removal, breast implants, lipo, dental caps and implants, teeth whitening, etcetera..

Taxes on self-improvement should be opposed because:

  1. The tax is punitive and places an additional burden on the middle class (60% of patients make less than 90 thousand/year).
  2. The tax discriminates predominantly against women (86 to 91% of patients).
  3. The tax does not result in significant health reform.
  4. The tax mistakenly and unfairly categorizes cosmetic medical procedures in the same level as unhealthy habits (cigarettes and alcohol).
  5. The tax will be impossible to  administer, converting physicians into tax collectors.
  6. The tax discourages scientific  innovation and promotes dangerous and unregulated alternatives to safe, FDA-approved techniques.

This tax will impact Americans who are:

  1. Patients who are having or considering any procedure that might be taxed;
  2. Physicians who perform and administer those treatments and procedures;
  3. Employees of companies who manufacture cosmetic medical treatments;
  4. Americans opposed to additional taxes on individuals and small businesses to cover the costs of health reform.

YOU CAN HELP!

By calling your senators and telling them to stop this proposed tax on cosmetic medical procedures which will predominantly affect women.  Your support matters, so please take a moment to partake in this effort. Look below to see what else you can do to STOP THE COSMETIC TAX!

  1. Contact your Senators to be linked at the top of this page and send a message to Congress that you oppose the self-improvement tax.
  2. Join the Cosmetic Tax Opposition Movement to protect your rights and stop Washington from adding these arbitrary and discriminatory new taxes.
  3. Sign the Petition to STOP the Cosmetic Tax.
  4. Tell a your Friends about this unfair and discriminatory taxation.
  5. You can also go directly to www.stopcosmetictax.org and get more information on this important issue.