Vote in Our Poll: Is Taxing Cosmetic Surgery a Good Idea?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1st, 2009 by newseditorWe haven’t heard much feedback from patients regarding the proposed tax on elective cosmetic procedures, unveiled in the Senate health care reform bill. Plastic and cosmetic surgeons have publicly opposed the bill, but the patients are the ones who will likely pay this tax if it becomes law.
So what do you think? Is a tax on cosmetic surgery a proper way to pay for health care reform in the United States?
Cosmetic surgeons here in California and elsewhere know healthy patients typically have more successful surgery outcomes. That’s why many will decline to operate on an obese patient or one who engages in unhealthy habits like smoking.
Cosmetic surgery procedures on men have declined during this recession, despite their growing popularity in the past decade. Women are of course, still actively seeking cosmetic enhancement and surgery.


