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• Position: State legislatures imposes tax on certain cosmetic surgery procedures for funding health care for the poor - Brief Article

A growing number of states are considering raising general revenues and funding health care for the poor by taxing certain cosmetic surgery procedures, including face-lifts, hair transplants, tummy-tucks, liposuction and Botox injections, according to the Wall Street Journal. New Jersey became the first state to pass a so-called "vanity tax" of 6 percent. And lawmakers in Arkansas...