Media across the country are discussing and debating about the controversial proposals to tax medical procedures. Please visit this page often for the latest news releases and media coverage about this important issue.
News Releases
Coalition Applauds Bill to Repeal Cosmetic Surgery Tax
(American Society of Plastic Surgeons, February 8th, 2006)
Taxing Cosmetic Surgery Is Not the Answer
(Texas Medical Association Release, June 21, 2005)
Medical Community of Illinois Urges No Vote on
Medical Procedure Taxes
(American Society of Plastic Surgeons Release, March 16, 2005)
News Coverage
Print
Tax Wrinkle Causes Frown Lines
(The Seattle Times January 28, 2005)
U.S. ‘Vanity Tax’ Proposed for Plastic Surgery
(National Post January 29, 2005)
Tax Proposal Puts New Wrinkle on Cosmetic Surgery
(Los Angeles Times Feb 6, 2005)
Making a Face Lift a Taxing Procedure
(The Oregonian February 6, 2005)
Flaws in Cosmetic Surgery Tax Proposal
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer February 10, 2005)
New State Budget Long on Proposals, Short on Specifics
(The Record; Hackensack, NJ, February 10, 2005)
Allure of Cosmetic Surgery Tax Attracts States
(Family Practice News Feb 15, 2005)
Cosmetic Surgery Tax Scrapped in Stem-Cell Bill
(Bloomington Pantagraph May 18, 2005)
The Nose-Job Tax: States Consider Levies on Botox, Plastic Surgery
(The Wall Street Journal June 1, 2005)
Vanity Taxes Won’t Help Keep America Beautiful
(Sun Times June 5, 2005)
AMA Wrinkles its Brow at Taxes on Cosmetic Surgery
(Sun-Times June 20, 2005)
The Price of Beauty: State Officials Consider Tax on Cosmetic Surgery Procedures
(The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2006)
A New Wrinkle: the ‘Botax’
(Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2006)
Minnesota lawmaker wants to tax facelifts and Botox injections
(Associated Press, February 19, 2007)
Excerpts from editorials in MN newspapers
(West Central Tribune Online)
Letter of the day: Flush with a facelift? Kahn wants you to pay
(Star Tribune.com, February 21, 2007)
A nose job, a tummy tuck - a sales tax?
(Pioneer Press, February 19, 2007)
Another Health Care Proposal
(News Junkie)
Home Democrats put new health plan on table; would tax doctors, cosmetic surgery, cigarettes to do it
(Journal Inquirer.com)
Television
Taxing Your Vanity
(CBS News, June 3, 2005)
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