Senate debates health reform bill with 1-year Medicare pay
patch American Medical News Share Senators opened debate on national health system reform legislation on Nov. 30 in partisan fashion. Democrats talked up the bill's coverage expansions and health insurance reforms, and Republicans highlighted the measure's potential to increase both health insurance premiums and the federal deficit.
Also drawing opposition is a provision to impose a 5 percent tax on elective cosmetic surgeries and require physicians to collect it. The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery is unified against the provision, said Steven Hopping, MD, immediate past president. "To ask us to be tax collectors is really unprecedented" and would pose an administrative burden, he said. Also, because 80 percent of the patients having cosmetic procedures are female, "this is a tax against women."More
Breast enlargement tax that failed taints U.S. plan (correct) Bloomberg Share 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. The New Jersey tax hasn’t been worth the controversy that followed, said Joseph Cryan, the assemblyman who proposed it. It has spurred sometimes angry debate from doctors over the medical necessity of procedures, and chased customers out of state, he said. It also prompted charges of discrimination against middle-class women, who make up the
majority of patients, according to the Chicago-based American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. More
Allergan CEO sees only 'marginal' impact from 'Botax' The Wall Street Journal Share Allergan
Inc. is leading the charge against a proposed U.S. tax on cosmetic medical procedures, but the company doesn't expect such a tax would have much impact on business, Allergan's chief executive recently said.More
Let's get to the bottom of our butt obsession The Globe and Mail Share Recently, Leah McLaren was running in the park when a strange man called out to her. Sheswiveled around, breathless, sweaty and turnip-faced, thinking she had dropped her keys. She was astonished when he smiled and said simply: "Nice butt."More
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The
so-called “Bo-Tax” -- a provision in the Senate Health Care bill that would
impose a 5 percent tax on
elective cosmetic surgery – “sounded like a
refreshingly good idea to me,” writes Judith Warner at the New York Times' Opinionator blog, “until I read that Terry
O'Neill, the president of the National Organization for Women, is against it.”
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Doctor: Penile enhancement trend growing NBC News - Evansville, Indiana Share Dr. Mark Solomon is one of only six surgeons in the country to perform a procedure you've probably never heard of: penile enhancement. At a time when demand for most cosmetic surgery is sagging because of the
economy, this is one surgery that seems recession proof.More
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Mirror, mirror: Seniors can safely undergo cosmetic work Dermatology Times Share Health status, more than chronological age, should dictate eligibility for cosmetic procedures, according to Joel Schlessinger, M.D., F.A.A.D., F.A.A.C.S., board-certified dermatologist and general cosmetic surgeon; president,
http://LovelySkin.com/, Omaha, Neb.; and immediate past president of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery. More
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