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August 23, 2016

Tanning industry blames Obama for salon closings

  • Owners say the 10 percent tax on tanning in the health care overhaul has forced nearly 10,000 U.S. tanning salons to close.
    • By KELLI KENNEDY
    Associated Press

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The tanning salon industry is feeling burned by “Obamacare.”

    Business owners around the country say the little-noticed 10 percent tax on tanning in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has crippled the industry, forcing the closing of nearly 10,000 of the more than 18,000 tanning salons in the U.S.


     
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