Indoor Tanning Tax To Help Fund Healthcare Reform

6:26 PM, Mar 25, 2010   |    comments
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Greensboro, NC --Congress plans to pay for part of the Healthcare Reform Plan through taxing people who use tanning beds.

Under the plan, the government will impose a 10% tax for indoor tanning services. 

Wanda Blackwelder owns the Tan Maker in Greensboro.

She was against the tax.

Blackwelder says the economy already slowed her business.

Now, she's expecting a 10% tax to keep away more customers.

"At least part of it will have to be passed on to the customer. I can't afford to take all of it. I cannot absorb all of it," she explained.

The indoor tanning tax goes into effect July 1.

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