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So Anthem, which is owned by Wellpoint, set a firestorm of controversy in California when they announced individual policy rate hikes of 39%. Now other states are being targeted by Anthem. Like Maine. No reports yet on Anthem raising rates in Connecticut From the AP:
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A 10% tax on indoor tanning? This is buried in the pages of the Senate health care bill.
What gives? Well originally the Senate bill propsoed a 5% tax on elective cosmetic surgery. Think botox, hair plugs and face lifts. And somehow lobbyists got involved. Specifically the America Medical Association. The elective cosmetic surgery tax was replaced by a 10% tax on indoor tanning. According to reports, the tanning tax is expected to net $2.7 billion over the next decade — less than half of the 5.8 billion “Botax” was expected to net.
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